Advanced Quantitative Toolkit
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Structural Topic Modeling for Social Scientists
Discusses how STM enhances textual analysis for social science data.
Summated Rating Scale Construction
A practical guide on constructing summated rating scales using classical test theory.
Telling stories about and with urban data and dashboards with Rob Kitchin
Discusses how large-scale dashboards communicate insights from massive datasets.
Text Analysis Basics
Introduces foundational quantitative text analysis, including encoding, GREP, and cleaning steps.
The Essentials of Correspondence Analysis: A Simple Example
Uses crime-statistics data to illustrate conceptual foundations of correspondence analysis.
The linear regression model
This rigorous discussion of Bayesian modelling is grounded in an approachable example.
The simple linear regression model
If you're unsure of when to use a simple linear regression model or how to interpret one, this tutorial explains the basics with a simple example.
Time-Series Cross-Section
An introduction to TSCS models that explores its advantages. This chapter also describes methods for minimizing errors and generating more robust conclusions.
Time-Series Cross-Section Methods
Learn about time-series cross-section methods in this approachable book chapter.
Tree-Based Methods
Explains decision trees, root nodes, and partitioning with visual aids to guide interpretation.
Validity and reliability in Qualitative research (6 strategies to increase validity)
How do you make sure your study is valid and reliable? This video provides guidelines for researchers.
Video explaining linear and quadratic discriminant analyses
Learn how to conceptualize LDA and QDA within the context of Gaussian Maximum Likelihood Classification methods.
Video Lecture about Differences in Differences
This resource is an overview on Differences in Differences methods, including treatment effects estimation and region-based methods.
Video lecture introducing general additive models
You may know about GAMs, but do you know how to make one in R? Watch this code-snippet-infused lecture and learn how to make your own model.
Video lecture on the Bayesian approach to generalised linear models
Review the general framework for GLMs, then learn how Bayesian modelling can improve estimates about the relationships between variables in your data.
Video on Multidimensional Scaling
Demonstrates how to perform MDS analysis in R using intuitive examples.
Video talk explaining conjoint experiments
Demonstrates how conjoint experiments capture preference trade-offs and multidimensional rating data.
Video tutorial describing common time series and ARIMA models
This model allows you to get an accurate estimate of how a certain variable changes over time, by factoring in past observations of the same variable.
Video tutorial showcasing how to select a time series ARIMA model in R
Model selection can sometimes be more of an art than a precise science, and this video tutorial illustrates this by walking through an example in R.
Writing effective survey questions and questionnaires
How we frame research questions dictates the types of conclusions we can make from our data. This resource explains key considerations for survey question design.
