GVPT622

Notes from 12/2

Here is the first draft of my notes for class today (12.02.pdf). Also please take a look at Stephen Haptonstahl’s LaTeX page and Daina Chiba’s tutorials.

Homework 5

Homework 5 is posted here (hw5.pdf).

Readings for 11/18

Please read chapter 11 before class on 11/18. Slides from the text are here (11.12.pdf). My lecture slides are here (11.18.pdf).

Class notes for 11/11

Class notes are reposted here with a few typos corrected (11-11.pdf). Annotated regression output in stata is here.

Homework 4

In the following article two way tables are used to test hypotheses about territorial disputes and war. For each table:

1. State the null and alternative hypotheses.
2. Choose alpha.
3. Calculate the chi-squared statistic.
4. Decided to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.
5. Calculate the relative risk and the odds ratio.
6. Create a data file in Stata and write a *.do file and reproduce your hand calculated results.

Summarized your results and compare them to the results reported in the article.

Distinguishing Rivals That Go to War from Those That Do Not: A Quantitative Comparative Case Study of the Two Paths to War
Author(s): John A. Vasquez
Source: International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 531-558
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2600890

Abstract

Many interstate enduring rivalries experience wars, some do not. This analysis presents and tests an explanation of whether, why, and how rivals go to war. It is argued that rivalries between equal states that do not go to war are those in which territorial issues are not at stake. Rivalries in the absence of territorial issues tend to go to war only by being embroiled in an ongoing war by a third party. A series of tests with emphasis on rivalries between major states occurring during 1816-1986 supports the territorial explanation. Two distinct paths to war are empirically identified-one leading to a dyadic war involving a territorial dispute(s) and a second path by which rivals without a territorial dispute join an ongoing war because of contagion factors.

Readings for 11/11

Please read chapters 9 & 10 before class. The notes for chapter 10 are here: (10.1) and (10.2).

Inference for Categorical Data

Here are the notes from chapter 9: (9.1.pdf), (9.2.pdf), and (9.34.pdf). My notes from the lecture on two way tables are here (11.04.pdf)

Inference for Proportions

Notes from chapter 8 are here (8.1), and (8.2). Lecture notes on hypothesis tests and margins of error are here (10-21.pdf)

Inference for Distributions

The notes from the text on inference for distributions are here (7.1.pdf), (7.2.pdf), and (7.3.pdf). Annotated t-tests for stata are here.

Readings for 11/4

Please re-read chapters 5 & 6 before coming to class. In addition, read chapters 7 & 8. Please note that my lecture will touch on the topics that I think are most important from all four of these chapters. I have posted a problem set here (hw3.pdf).

Readings for 10/21

Please read chapter 6 of MMC before class on 10/21. The slides from MMC are here: (6.1.pdf), (6.2.pdf), and (6.34.pdf). My notes from the lecture are here.

Readings for 10/14

Please read chapter 5 of MMC before coming to class on 10/14. The slides from MMC are here: (5.12.pdf) and (5.2.pdf). My notes from the lecture are here.

Slides for 9/30

The slides from MMC are here: (4.12), (4.34), (4.5). My notes from lecture are here. The quiz from today is posted here (quiz2.pdf).

Homework 2

You can find homework 2 here (hw2.pdf).