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Monday 6 – Friday 10 February 2023
Minimum 2 hours of live teaching per day
09:30 – 12:00 CET
This course provides a highly interactive blended learning environment, using state-of-the-art online pedagogical tools. It is designed for a demanding audience (researchers, professional analysts, advanced students) and capped at a maximum of 20 participants so that the teaching team can cater to the specific needs of each individual.
Political scientists increasingly apply the Bayesian approach to diverse kinds of research topics. This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to use the approach effectively and efficiently.
By the end of this course, you will:
Susumu Shikano is Professor of Political Methodology at the University of Konstanz. His research interests are spatial models of politics and various topics in political behaviour.
His work has appeared in journals including Public Choice, Political Psychology, Party Politics, West European Politics, and the British Journal of Political Science.
Political scientists are increasingly applying a Bayesian approach to diverse kinds of research topics. This is because it has many attractive features, including the ability to:
The increasing capacity of modern computers is now enabling a wider range of researchers to conduct such computationally intensive estimations.
Despite these advantages, we must still address several challenges:
The course aims to close these gaps, by:
The course covers:
This is an introductory, one-week course. We cannot, therefore, cover the wide range of statistical models and advanced topics in Bayesian statistics. If you already have basic knowledge of Bayesian statistics, and if you can conduct regression analysis using JAGS/Stan, this course is not adequate.
The course consists of lectures and lab sessions. The lecture deals with relevant background knowledge as well as specific skills for Bayesian analysis. In lab sessions, we'll apply these skills to political and social science data.
You will also gain basic knowledge of JAGS and Stan, enabling you to conduct Bayesian estimation using MCMC.
Knowledge in statistical analysis, including regression models with different types of dependent variables, is essential. During lab sessions, you will learn how to use JAGS and Stan from R. Therefore, the basic knowledge in R is also required.