POL565 Experimental Political Science

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Roman Chytilek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 M117
Prerequisites (in Czech)
předpoklady pro zápis do kursu hledejte v Informacích učitele.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 3 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/3, only registered: 0/3, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/3
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
introduce students into experimental approaches in political science discuss applications of experimental methodologies in the PS deepen students understanding on research into causality students being able to design, proces and interpret their own experiments
Syllabus
1. Introduction into experimental PS 2. Experimental Revolution? 3. Experimental PS and causality 4. Experiments and control, randomization 3. Experimental Validity 6. Seminar 1 "Swing Voter´s Curse In Your Face" 7. Seminar 2 "Presenatation of student´s short proposals 8. Participants and Motivation in experiments 9. Experimental Ethics 10. Everybody Lies: Deception in Experiments 11. Applied experimental PS 12. Seminar 3- project discussions 13. Seminar 4- project discussions
Literature
    required literature
  • Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science. Edited by James N. Druckman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011, xiv, 562. ISBN 9780521174558. info
  • MORTON, Rebecca B. and Kenneth C. WILLIAMS. Experimental political science and the study of causality : from nature to the lab. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, xv, 590. ISBN 9780521136488. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars
Assessment methods
Participation in a class is a necessary precondition for course completition (one no show allowed). The grading consists of short (20%) and complete (80%) presentation of the students´ own projects.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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