POSC342L - Survey Research & Political Data Analysis

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
This course takes students behind the scenes of the Marist Poll. Students taking the course learn: how to understand and use polling data; how respondents are selected to be interviewed; how pollsters develop their questions; how the results are analyzed and how to make polling data newsworthy. Students learn about career choices in public opinion, campaigns, and market research.

Prerequisite(s): One 200-level class from any subfield or permission of the instructor