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PUBL0055: IntroductiontoQuantitativeMethods Lecture 1: Introduction Jack Blumenau and Benjamin Lauderdale 1/45 Lecture Outline Course Outline Logistics Quantitative Methods and Research Design Introduction to Quantitative Data Conclusion 2/45 CourseOutline Whatisthiscourse? • This is not a course on statistics • Astatistics course would focus on the theory and derivation of statistical methods • Wewill discuss some theory at a basic level, but will not concern ourselves with the derivation • This is a course on applied quantitative research methods • Focus on the developing intuition about quantitative methods • Focus on using these methods to answer social science questions • This course is different to other similar courses • Stronger focus on causality, data vizualisation, and application • Less focus on sampling, statistical inference and uncertainty 3/45
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