Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science: The POWERMUTT* Project (SPSS Version) *Politically-Oriented Web-Enhanced Research Methods for Undergraduates — Topics and Tools Resources for introductory research methods courses in political science and related disciplines Getting Started Topics Tools Codebooks Downloads Other Resources Home Table of Contents Introduction Note to Instructors Course Syllabi Using POWERMUTT Author's Home Page Political Science As a Social Science Research Design Levels of Measurement Displaying Categorical Data Data Collection More About Measurement Contingency Table Analysis Control Variables Discriptive Statistics Standard Scores and the Normal Distribution Comparing Means Regression and Correlation Logitudinal Analysis of Survey Data Getting Started Data: Weight Cases Data: Select Cases Data: Sort Cases Transform: Recode Transform: Compute Analyze: Frequencies Analyze: Descriptives Analyze: Explore Analyze: Crosstabs Analyze: Reliability Analysis Analyze: T-tests Analyze: Compare Means Analyze: Correlate Analyze: Regression Graphs: Chart Editor Graphs: Pie/Bar Chart Graphs: Histogram Graphs: Boxplot Graphs: Line Chart Graphs: scatterplot American National Election Study 2004 Subset American National Election Study 2008 Subset American National Election Study 2000-2004 Panel Study Subset General Social Survey Cumulative (1972-2006) Subset General Social Survey Cumulative (1972-2010) Subset - revised U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate U.S. States U.S. States - revised U.S. States-revised Countries Countries - revised California State Legislature Data Downloads Topic Downloads (Rich Text Format) General Data Statistics/Methods Texts Applets, etc. SPSS Resources ICPSR Resources SDA Resources Glossaries

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NOTES TO INSTRUCTORS

1.  Terms of Use

© 2003-2011 John L. Korey.

In particular, instructors are encouraged to adopt, adapt, or otherwise make use of all or part of the material on this site.  This might range from use of the full site as an online textbook to use of one or more datasets and their codebooks.  I’d appreciate it if you would let me know what use you’ve made of POWERMUTT, and if you’d give me feedback as to what has and hasn’t worked out.  I can be contacted at jlkorey@csupomona.edu.

3.  Test File

A limited set of short answer test questions based on POWERMUTT is freely available to instructors.  Contact me at jlkorey@csupomona.edu for more information.

4.  Text files of POWERMUTT Topics:

I've found it helpful to provide students (through our campus copy center) with a hard copy of the "Topics" portion of POWERMUTT.  If you'd like to do the same, the material can be downloaded in Rich Text Format (RTF) from http://www.csupomona.edu/~jlkorey/POWERMUTT/RTF/.

6.  Syllabi

If you have a syllabus online that uses all or part of POWERMUTT, I'd be happy to include a link to it from the home page.  Just send the URL to jlkorey@csupomona.edu.

Except where indicated, © 2003-2012  John L. Korey

Last Updated: December 18, 2012