Political Sciences and International Security

PIERPAOLO D'URSO

Provide the theoretical foundations and essential tools of data science and exploratory statistical analysis for political decision-making.
Specifically:

Knowledge and Understanding
• Informational paradigm (information, knowledge, decision-making)
• Data science and exploratory statistical analysis
• Data matrix and data pre-processing
• Proximity matrix
• Covariance matrix and correlation matrix
• Cluster Analysis
• Principal Component Analysis
• Data-driven democracy
• Measuring democracy
• Indicators related to the democratic process

Applying Knowledge and Understanding
• Ability to select and apply the learned statistical methodologies to political processes and decisions

Autonomy of Judgment
• Independent ability to collect, process, and interpret data and results

Communication Skills
• Ability to clearly present the results of statistical analyses

Learning Skills
• Ability to independently learn new statistical techniques

Ability to independently learn new statistical techniques

Basic statistics

• Informational paradigm (information, knowledge, decision-making)
• Data science and exploratory statistical analysis
• Data matrix and data pre-processing
• Proximity matrix
• Covariance matrix and correlation matrix
• Cluster Analysis
• Principal Component Analysis
• Data-driven democracy
• Measuring democracy
• Indicators related to the democratic process

APPUNTI DEL DOCENTE

Lectures, exercises.

Strongly recommended attendance.

Written exam (exercises). The test is intended to assess knowledge and understanding and the student's ability to apply knowledge and understanding. In itinere evaluation will be performed, based on two tests with the same structure and rules.