Ms Tiffany Lau

This course is available on the MSc in Political Science (Political Science and Political Economy). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course is strongly recommended for MSc in Political Science (Political Science and Political Economy) students. It is available for students from other streams/programmes with permission of the instructor.

The aim of this pre-sessional course is to introduce students with the use of statistical software, essential background for the study of political economy in political science. It is specially tailored to prepare students for the core courses in the MSc Political Science PSPE stream, but can be of use for any student interested in the field.

The course is composed of two sessions dedicated to introducing Stata or R to MSc students. We will cover basic commands and some more advanced programming techniques, which will be used in the rest of the MSc Political Science (PSPE stream).

This course provides 10 hours of introductory sessions at the beginning of the Autumn Term. 

Please note that all the teaching for this course will take place in Autumn Term Week 0 (18-22 September 2023).

There is no required reading for this course.