Announcements

Advanced Statistical Programming Camp

February 18, 2013

See the Advanced Statistical Programming Camp page for more information and a syllabus.

led by Jonathan Olmsted, Senior Research Specialist

Workshop: An introduction to git

January 18, 2013

Managing (collaborative) projects efficiently through version control software: An introduction to git

Methods Seminar
Friday, January 25, 2013
12:00-1:30pm
127 Corwin Hall

Presented by Jonathan Olmsted, Senior Research Specialist

Version control software is well-suited to the needs of academic researchers, especially quantitative social scientists. Whether on the desktop or in the cloud, benefits are realized for individual and collaborative projects, alike. Especially at Princeton, git---one of the many implementations available---makes a good choice. This workshop will begin with the intuition behind version control and, specifically, git. We will cover basic use and walk through a "practical" example. You won't be an expert at using git by the end of the talk. But, you will have the working intuition and vocabulary necessary in order to become that expert.

Materials from this talk are available at https://github.com/PrincetonUniversity/intro2git

Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions

January 15, 2013

The Department of Politics at Princeton University seeks applicants for three Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in the fields of Formal Theory or Quantitative Analysis. These positions involve a year of research at Princeton. Applications are welcome from scholars who will have received their doctoral degrees within the past four years (or expect to receive a Ph.D. by the start date, September 1, 2013). The aim of the program is to nurture a diverse group of promising scholars and to increase the critical mass of scholars with interests in formal theory and quantitative methods at Princeton. Interested applicants should apply online athttp://jobs.princeton.edu and submit a CV, cover letter, writing sample, and the names and contact information of three references. 

Along with your application materials please include a 1 page written statement that describes how your research interests align with those of Princeton faculty members and identifies potential areas of collaborative research.

Transcripts should be sent directly to F/Q Postdoctoral Fellowship Search, Department of Politics, 130 Corwin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. We will begin reviewing applications on February 15, 2013. Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.

Upcoming Events

December 11, 2012

Statistical Programming Camp   
Sunday, Jan. 29 - Friday, Feb. 3
Morning Session: 10:00am-12:00pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30-3:30pm
127 Corwin Hall

This camp will prepare students for the POL 572 and other quantitative analysis courses o ffered in the department. Students will learn the basics of statistical programming using the open-source computing environment called R. Using data from published journal articles, students will learn how to manipulate data, create graphs and tables, and conduct basic statistical analysis.

Graduate Student Research Poster Session
Thursday, Jan. 10, 12:00-2:00pm
300 Wallace Hall

Please join us on Thursday, January 10 for the Graduate Student Research Poster Session, sponsored by the Department of Politics, Program for Quantitative and Analytical Political Science (Q-APS), and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP). The list of poster titles can be found here: Graduate Student Research Poster Session.

LaTeX Workshops

October 23, 2012

We are pleased to announce that the Q-APS (Program for the Quantitative and Analytical Political Science) will be holding the LaTeX workshops.  The LaTeX is a freely available document typesetting program that is now dominant in many disciplines.  It produces beautiful papers, books, presentation slides, posters, letters, and many more.  We will hold two workshops, one focusing on writing academic papers using LaTeX (Oct 26, 10:00am - 11:30am, Robertson Bowl 1) and the other covering the presentation slides and posters (Oct 30, 10:00am-11:30am, Corwin 127).  All faculty, postdocs, and students are welcome to join these workshops.  Yuki Shiraito (the third year student) and Kentaro Hirose (Q-APS postdoc) will be leading the first and second workshops, respectively. All attendees must install the LaTeX system to their laptop on their own prior to the workshops (please see the instructions below).  The Q-APS consulting service is happy to help you with the installation if you encounter any difficulties.  Please see the consulting hours at http://q-aps.princeton.edu/book/statistical-and-formal-theory-consulting  All the information about the workshops is also available at http://q-aps.princeton.edu/book/latex-installation-help-sessions-and-workshops

Statistics and Formal Theory Consulting Service

October 7, 2012

We are writing to let you know a new statistics and formal theory consulting service offered by the Program for Quantitative and Analytical Political Science (Q-APS). Members of the Program for Quantitative and Analytical Political Science will hold regular walk-in office hours during the academic year to assist faculty members and students in the Politics Department and Woodrow Wilson School (WWS) who utilize statistics and formal theory in their research. The members of this consulting service are not research assistants nor preceptors, but are there to provide you or your research assistants with quick help for problems relating to formal theory, statistical analysis, or research design. This service is open to all faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students in the Politics Department and WWS. They are also here to help undergraduate politics concentrators with technical questions regarding their independent work. In addition, non-politics undergraduate and graduate students who are currently advised in their independent work by a Politics or WWS faculty member are eligible. Those who are interested in utilizing this service can sign up on the Q-APS Consultant Calendar which also provides more details about the consultants and their services. Alternatively, any eligible person can stop by without an appointment, provided that a consultant is available at that time.

For this semester, we will be holding office hours for the following times in Corwin 023:

Mondays: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wednesdays: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Fridays: 10am - 12:00pm

This service will start on Oct 8 and continue throughout the academic year. 

To sign up and obtain the detailed information about this service, please go to the statistical and formal theory consulting website:
http://q-aps.princeton.edu/book/statistical-and-formal-theory-consulting 
Any questions about this service should be addressed to q-apsconsulting@princeton.edu

Princeton Politics Department Formal and Quantitative Methods Graduate Fellowship

March 12, 2012

The Program for Quantitative and Analytical Political Science (Q-APS) in the Politics Department invites applications from current PhD students in Politics with an interest in formal theory and quantitative methods. Students interested in the fellowship should send a CV, transcript, and a one-page statement describing your research plan for the fellowship year. The fellowship is open for renewal. Applicants looking to renew should also include a description of the work accomplished in the previous year. This fellowship comes with office space in Corwin 031 and a $500.00 travel budget.