Data Analysis and Politics

Harvard FAS

How can we measure racial discrimination in job hiring? What is the best way to predict election outcomes? What factors drive the onset of civil wars? The goal of this course is to give you the ability to understand, explain, and perform research on the most pressing social and political issues with a special focus on data analysis and causal reasoning. You will be able to read and understand the methodology of most academic articles in the social sciences while also learning the core ideas…