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Gov 50: 1. Introduction Matthew Blackwell Harvard University Fall 2018 1 / 25 1. Welcome and Motivation 2. Course Details 2 / 25 1/ Welcome and Motivation 3 / 25 Quantitative social science social, economic, and political world.

  1. Gov 50: 1. Introduction Matthew Blackwell Harvard University Fall 2018 1 / 25

  2. 1. Welcome and Motivation 2. Course Details 2 / 25

  3. 1/ Welcome and Motivation 3 / 25

  4. Quantitative social science social, economic, and political world. quantitative impact of policies using QSS techniques. of QSS. 4 / 25 • Quantitative social science: using quantitative data to learn about the • QSS is basically what the world calls data science ▶ Facebook, Google, Netflix, etc have massive teams dedicated to doing QSS. ▶ Nonprofits and governments becoming very focused on measuring the ▶ Increasingly digital lives ⇝ quantitative data everywhere. • This class will give you a hands-on introduction to the tools and techniques

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  10. 10 / 25 States Counties 0.5 0.6 FL Obama Share, 2008 Obama Share, 2008 0.4 NC TX KY 0.4 0.3 TN AR GA SC 0.2 0.2 AL LA 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Proportion Slave, 1860 Proportion Slave, 1860

  11. Why take this class? 1. Quantitative skills allow us to answer, big and important questions. 2. These skills are becoming standard across many industries, fields of study. 3. Gov 50 is the most accessible and fun way to get teched up in statistics/data science at Harvard. 11 / 25

  12. Teaching philosophy papers. (Homework 2) (Homework 3) reading. 12 / 25 • Can’t learn statistics or data science without analyzing data on your own . ▶ But we’ll provide a ton of support as you get started. • In the four homeworks you will work with real data from real academic ▶ How does demographic change afgect political attitudes? (Homework 1) ▶ How does have a girl versus a boy afgect a judge’s judicial decision-making? ▶ What drives opposition to immigration: economic or cultural threat? ▶ Can we detect election fraud using election returns? (Homework 4) • Just the tip of the iceberg: many more applications in lecture, section, • NOT JUST A MATH CLASS!

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  14. Should I take this course? economics, public policy, health policy, and many other fields in the social sciences. 14 / 25 • Fulfills the Gov Concentration methods requirement. • Fulfills the “Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning” requirement for GenEd. • Material useful to students interested in political science, sociology,

  15. 15 / 25 Class meetings • Lectures: ▶ Broad coverage of the course material. ▶ Slides will be posted to Canvas shortly before lecture. ▶ Come with your questions and we can have a discussion. ▶ Videos will be available through Canvas shortly aħter. • Section: ▶ Guided practice through problems and concepts led by our amazing TFs. ▶ One section per week taped for Extension School ▶ Michael Olson : American politics, legislative institutions ▶ Hanno Hilbig : inequality, political economy ▶ More depending on enrollment…

  16. Reading and Perusall 16 / 25 • Have the option to do class reading on an online platform called Perusall • Can highlight, make comments, ask questions: all visible to other students. • You can answer others’ questions and earn participation credit.

  17. Perusall interface 17 / 25

  18. Textbook research. 18 / 25 • “Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction” by Kosuke Imai • Brand new and very modern, lots of examples from real social science • Most of the concepts apply to qualitative research as well. • Two ways to get access on Perusall ▶ Rent the book for 6 months ($25) ▶ Buy perpetual access to the book ($50)

  19. Assignments 19 / 25 • Four homeworks throughout semester ▶ Posted on a Tuesday, due following Thursday. ▶ Dates on syllabus/Canvas. • Two midterm exams on Oct 9th and Nov 15th. ▶ Review sessions in the lecture before these exams. • No final exam… • Final group project ▶ Groups of 3-4 ▶ Find a dataset, pose a research question, answer it using data. ▶ A couple of pages.

  20. use R. Computing 20 / 25 • We’ll use the R statistical environment to analyze data • Why? ▶ It’s free ▶ Extremely popular for data analysis ▶ Academics, 538, NYT, Facebook, Google, Twitter, nonprofits, governments all ▶ Huge benefit to your resume to have R skills. • Lots of help in section, study halls, offjce hours.

  21. DataCamp platform called DataCamp. 21 / 25 • Getting practice with R can be overwhelming, so we’re using an online • Guided practice on R, helping to introduce new concepts. • Six assignments throughout the semester: ▶ Low stakes/stress: graded simply on completion. ▶ Only due in weeks without HW or exams. • ⇝ HW won’t be the first time you’re trying some code!

  22. Canvas will respond. 22 / 25 • We’ll make heavy use of Canvas, especially the message boards. • Have a question: ask on Canvas and teaching stafg and/or other students • If you have a private question, email me directly. • You’ll earn participation points for asking and answering questions.

  23. 23 / 25 Grades • Grade breakdown as follows: ▶ DataCamp assignments (10% of final grade) ▶ Homeworks (30% of final grade) ▶ Two midterms (30% of final grade) ▶ Final group project (20% of final grade) ▶ Participation (10% of final grade) • Final grade is curved (separately for College, Extension School)

  24. Study Halls 50!! you get stuck or have question. Math Question Center) 24 / 25 • Lecture, section, offjce hours all great resources, but… I WANT MORE GOV • Study Halls: a place to work on Gov 50 and get help. ▶ Will happen weekly, exact number of hours will depend on enrollment. ▶ Peer tutors with experience in statistics and R will be on hand to help you if ▶ Best to come in groups and work together, grab a tutor when stuck. • Bottom line: we want you to succeed in this class! • Note: only available to Harvard College students (Extension School ofgers

  25. them to join you! What should you do today? 25 / 25 • Sign up for rstudio.cloud and DataCamp with links on the website. ▶ Start DataCamp assignment 1 for a gentle introduction to R. • Log into Perusall through Canvas, buy/rent Imai book. • Start to think about what section times you’d like. • Tell your friends what an awesome class this sounds like and encourage

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