POLI 175Machine Learning for Social Scientists
This course focuses on statistical and algorithmic techniques to analyze and utilize large collections of data for social science inferences. The goal of the course is to introduce students to modern machine learning methods and provide the skills necessary to apply the methods widely. In achieving this goal, students will learn about core concepts in machine learning and statistics, developing skills that are transferable to other types of data and inference problems.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “CCS 1 or ECON 5/5R or POLI 5/5D/5R/5DR or POLI 30/30D.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (1)
- Political Sci/Data Analytics