<p>I know this varies between different professors, but does a knowledge of statistics help you in poli sci 3? How much stats did you have to use in your pol sci 3 classes, and how advanced were they? I'm not a math person, but I will learn stats if it helps?</p>
<p>It learning stats would help for the class, then I guess it would be a good idea for me to learn it during the summer at a local CC. </p>
<p>Why does the class have a harsher grading curve than other lower div pol sci classes? (average on courserank is a B) Is it because the students in the class struggle with the math? How hard would you have to work to get an A/A- in the class?</p>
<p>Hardly any stats in the class. We went over mean, median, mode, and standard deviation. That’s about it. The class mainly focussed on research design. It’s an odd class, in that many of the theories are outside of the standard way people would think. Seems like part psych part PS.</p>
<p>Thanks! I was just worried because people whom I’ve talked to have said it more challenging than they expected. And on courserank, the average grade is a B, where most lower div poli sci classes have the average at a B+ with a substantial amount of people getting A-s.</p>
<p>The class I took (prof gailmard) was actually mostly stats and used the same textbook as the stats 2 class and cover just about the same material (t-test, z-test, histograms etc etc)</p>
<p>The class was stats + research design + game theory in a political context</p>
<p>If you take PS3 with Stoker, you do not need any stats background. Stoker does not emphasize stats at all. The most you need to know is mean, median, mode. But she explains that in lecture anyways. </p>
<p>But this may not extend to other professors.</p>