20 Class meetings
T Aug 19
- Took the bonus pretest during class
- Covered course notes through 1.7 “Percentiles”
- Canvas assignment available: A00 Syllabus
R Aug 21
- Covered course notes through 2.2 “Law of Large Numbers”
- Canvas assignment available: A01 Basic tools of quantitative reasoning
T Aug 26
- Covered course notes through the end of Chapter 2 “Sampling”
- Did this practice page: POL 138 Practice BASIC TOOLS AND SAMPLING
- Canvas assignment available: A02 Sampling
T Sept 2
- Covered course notes through the end of Chapter 3 “p-values”
- Did pages 1, 2, 4, and 5 in POL 138 Practice PVALUES [[Key] (./files/2025fall/KEY - POL 138 Practice PVALUES.pdf)]
- Canvas assignment available: A03 p-values
R Sept 4
- Did page 6 in POL 138 Practice PVALUES [Key]
- Started and finished Chapter 4 “Linear regression”.
T Sept 9
- Started and finished POL 138 Practice LINEAR REGRESSION [Key]
- Canvas assignment available: A04 Linear regression
- Available practice for Exam 1:
R Sept 11
- Started and finished POL 138 Practice TIGGES ET AL PVALUE TEST [Key]
- Covered course notes for Chapter 5 “Alternate explanations” and Chapter 6 “Randomized experiments”
- Canvas assignments available: A05 Alternate explanations and A06 Randomized experiments
T Sept 16
- Started and finished POL 138 Practice OLD AND NEW 1
- Started Practice Exam 1B (see here)
T Sept 23
- Started and finished Chapter 7 “Non-random comparisons”
- Started Chapter 8 “Statistical control”
- Covered POL 138 Exam 1 discussion
- Canvas assignment available: A07 Non-random comparisons
R Sept 25
- Completed Chapter 8 “Statistical control”
- Returned Exam 1
- Discussed POL 138 Practice MISC EXAM 1
- Did pages 1 and 2 in POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 5 6 7 8
- Canvas assignment available: A08 Statistical control
T Sept 30
- Did pages 3 through 15 in POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 5 6 7 8
- Key for POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 5 6 7 8
R Oct 2
- Did pages 16 through the end of the packet POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 5 6 7 8
- Key for POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 5 6 7 8
- Did POL 138 Practice for Exam 2 Page 1
- Did POL 138 Practice for Exam 2 Page 2 as a bonus assignment
T Oct 7
- Completed Chapter 9 “Imperfect indicators of quality”
- Did POL 138 Practice for Exam 2 Page 3
- Canvas assignment available: A09 Imperfect indicators of quality
R Oct 9
- Completed Chapter 10 “Threats to inference 1”
- Did POL 138 Practice for Exam 2 Page 4
- Canvas assignment available: A10 Threats to inference 1
T Oct 14
- Completed Chapter 11 “Threats to inference 2”
- Discussed selected items on Practice Exam 2
- Canvas assignment available: A11 Threats to inference 2
T Oct 21
- Completed Chapter 12 “Ethical issues”
- Started Chapter 13 “Political science measures” (through 13.2 Gini coefficient)
- Did POL 138 Exam 3 Page 1
- Canvas assignments available: A12 Ethical issues and A14 Meta-analysis in Microsoft Excel
R Oct 23
- Finished Chapter 13 “Political science measures”
- Returned Exam 2
- Started the packet POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 9 10 11 12 through item 6
- Canvas assignments available: A13 Political science measures
T Oct 28
- Did items 7 through 27 in POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 9 10 11 12
- Did bonus assignment POL 138 Exam 2 discussion 2025 Fall
R Oct 30
Did items 28 through 57 in POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 9 10 11 12
Did Exam 3 bonus
T Nov 4
Finished POL 138 Practice CHAPTERS 9 10 11 12
Did Exam 3 makeup bonus
Did Exam 4 bonus
T Nov 11
- Finished Chapter 15 “Data visualization in R”
- Did POL 138 practice with R code for a data visualization
- Started Chapter 16 “Simulations and tests in R” through 16.1
- Did Assignment A15 Practice open-ended for Exam 4
R Nov 13
- Reviewed Exam 3 [key is available in Canvas > Modules > Keys]
- Did the practice sheet POL 138 Exam 4 MORE PRACTICE
R Nov 20
- Did in-class Final Exam Bonus 1 and 2
- Did final exam practice items
T Dec 2
- Did a final exam practice page
- Did a bonus practice page