MSci（荣誉）政治学与定量研究方法

对于有兴趣学习更多有关如何在政治中使用数字和数据的学生来说，本课程是理想的选择。它提供实用和分析技能的深入培训，这将改善您的职业前景，并为您提供强大的研究生研究平台。不需要统计技术的先验知识。您大约有三分之二的学习将学习“单一荣誉政治与国际关系”课程，您将在此课程中获得核心知识。其余的三分之一以定量方法提供了应用的跨学科培训。在第一年，我们讨论了如何使用数字和数据在媒体和社会研究中讲述令人信服的故事。我们考虑了隔离的含义以及如何对其进行映射和度量。第二年提供社会统计和应用数据分析的实用课程。这将提高您的计
This course is ideal for students interested in learning more about how to use numbers and data within politics. It provides training in practical and analytical skills, which will enhance your career prospects and provide you with a strong platform for postgraduate study. No prior knowledge of statistical techniques is required.<br>About two thirds of your studies will follow the single honours Politics and International Relations course. You will study the politics of individual countries and governments and the relationships between countries, communities and individuals. You will become familiar with different views and methods of analysis, learning to apply and evaluate them.<br>The remaining third of your course will provide interdisciplinary training in quantitative methods. In year one of the quantitative pathway we discuss how numbers and data are used to tell convincing stories in the media and social research. We consider what is meant by segregation and how it can be mapped and measured.<br>Year two offers practical classes in social statistics and applied data analysis, which will develop your skills in numeracy and analysis and enable you to undertake your own individual research project in an area of quantitative social science in year three.<br>In year four we offer training in more advanced quantitative methods suitable for postgraduate research, while continuing to develop expertise and specialist knowledge in politics.