Comparing Countries with Multivariate Statistical Techniques

About

The course offers an introduction to the main statistical techniques used to analyse cross-national comparative data analysis, particularly survey data. This course highlights the most important methods of quantitative analysis in the social sciences but revisits them from the perspective of comparing the statistical estimates between countries.

ECTS Credits
3 ECTS credits awarded for engaging fully in class activities.
1 additional ECTS credit awarded for completing a post-course assignment

Course leader

Bruno Cautrès is attached to CEVIPOF – Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Paris), at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques in Paris. He is a senior CNRS research fellow with interests in voting behaviour, political attitudes and behaviours, comparative survey research and quantitative techniques. Bruno is involved in a variety of projects, including the European Social Survey, European Values Studies, International Social Survey Programme and European elections studies; and he participates in the development of elections studies in France. His current research programme concerns political trust and attitudes to democracy in France

Target group

Social science researchers

Course aim

The course seeks to address a couple of seemingly straightforward questions, that unearth methodological intricacies far beyond initial expectations: Can we feasibly compare coefficient values derived from primary statistical methods in political science across different countries? What are the primary pitfalls and viable resolutions within this pursuit?

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