WISERD and Swansea University’s Politics and Governance Research Network invite you to a FREE four-day course in Quantitative Methods lead by Dr Kevin Fahey, Assistant Professor at Nottingham University from Tuesday 8th July to Friday 11th July. It will take place on Swansea University’s Singleton Campus. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY.
This free course will consist of 3 hours in the morning, a 1-hour (catered) lunch, and a second 3-hour session each day, with lectures, practical demonstrations, and hands-on practice and group work for each block.
We will cover:
– Tips on how to learn quantitative methods
– Methods as a language
– Introducing R, Quarto and how to write reproducible code
– Notation, Algebra, Key Statistical Terms
– Central Limit Theorem, Random Variables, Bivariate Hypothesis Testing
– Linear Models and their Assumptions
– OLS Regression
– How to deal with Violations of OLS
– Maximum Likelihood Estimation
– Logit, Ordered Logit, Negative Binomials
– The Goals of Inference
– Observational Causal Inference
– Predictive Modelling
– Data Visualisation
and more!
This is an ESSENTIAL training course for anyone totally new to quants and interested in learning the fundamentals and essence of this discipline or perhaps anyone looking to brush up their skills, this course is holistically designed for all. You will not see a better opportunity to delve into quantitative methods for free in such detail than this.
This course is also for anyone at any stage of their career, whether you’re an early career researcher or not. We invite you to share this event invite with anyone within your network.
About Kevin:
Kevin Fahey is an Assistant Professor in Politics in the School of Politics & International Studies at the University of Nottingham, having previously worked at Swansea University and Cardiff University. He earned his PhD from Florida State University in 2017. He is interested in applying quantitative research methods to substantive questions, and has ongoing interdisciplinary work in criminology, psychology, and public administration. His substantive research interests focus on legislative institutions, exploring the effects of institutions and institutional reforms on the behaviour of political elites, while his additional research interests focus on the political consequences of conscription and the electoral success of women legislators. His research has been published at Legislative Studies Quarterly, Electoral Studies, and State Politics & Policy Quarterly, as well as interdisciplinary research published at the journal of European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and the Journal of East Asian Studies.