POL SCI 200B · POLISCI 200BRegression Analysis for Social Science
Political Science · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Basic tools of statistical inference and application to practice of regression analysis. Emphasis on relationship of these statistical tools for drawing causal inferences; prediction and description also covered. Focus on principles of statistical inference, difference between design-based inference and model-based inference, identification versus estimation, building blocks of causal inference, characterization of regression model, diagnostics and extensions of regression model, threats to validity of our estimates.
Students become comfortable coding in statistical programming language R. S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 200A. Preparation: prior exposure to coding in R. Introduction to research design and regression analysis.
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
POL SCI 200B
- POL SCI 200AProbability and Inference for Social Science
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
POL SCI 200B
- POL SCI 200CCausal Inference for Social Science
- POL SCI 200XData Analysis Workshop
- POL SCI 200YData Analysis Workshop I
- POL SCI 200ZData Analysis Workshop II
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 5 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.