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Analytical Techniques for Public Administration

PA 3311 — Texas State University Dr. W. Scott Langford, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

This is the online companion to the PA 3311 textbook.

Chapters

1. Introduction to Analytical Foundations
2. Developing Research Questions
3. Describing Data
4. Probability and Uncertainty
5. Statistical Inference
6. Independent t-Tests
7. Paired t-Tests
8. Regression Analysis
9. Putting It All Together: The Final Project

Datasets

Download these real Texas datasets and work through the chapter exercises in Excel.

• Texas Voter Turnout (2020) — 252 counties, TX Secretary of State + MIT Election Lab
• Austin-Travis County EMS (2018–2026) — 99 months, City of Austin Open Data Portal
• Texas Daily Weather (2023) — 1,095 daily observations, NOAA

How to Use This Site

1. Read the chapters using the links above
2. Download the datasets and open them in Excel
3. Complete the exercises at the end of each chapter using the Data Analysis ToolPak
4. For the full typeset PDF with figures, see the Overleaf source

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