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UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL NUMBERS

POLISCI 270
Course Description

How numbers and statistics are used in electoral strategies, political debates and legal proceedings. Presents basic tools of analysis and how to use them. Not open to students with credit for POLI SCI 218 prior to fall 2017

Prerequisties

Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A requirement

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.53

14.1% from Historical

Completion Rate
95.74%

5.12% from Historical

A Rate
59.57%

47.68% from Historical

Class Size
47

-10.19% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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