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Intro to Scientific Method


Course Overview

Introduces students to the style of analytic thinking required for research and concepts and procedures used in the conduct of empirical research: sampling, hypothesis testing, Bayesian inference, regression, experiments, instrumental variables, differences indifferences, regression discontinuity.

Course Objectives

Course Information

Course Number:
QTM 110
Credit:
3
Categories:
  • AI / Computer Science / Stats

Program Information

Summer College Program:
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Course Dates and Details

ProgramCourse DatesClass TimeFormatStatus
Summer College Session 2
  • TBD
onlineopen

Instructors

Allison Cuttner

Allison Cuttner completed her PhD in Political Science at Emory University in 2021. Prior to joining QTM as an Assistant Teaching Professor, Dr. Cuttner was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on distributive politics, governance, and personnel in non-democracies and developing countries. In addition to teaching research design and methods, Dr. Cuttner is a certified yoga instructor with experience teaching power vinyasa, hot power fusion, and yoga sculpt as well as coaching power yoga teacher training.
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