Principal instructor

Political analysis (Q-Step) II

University of Oxford

Oxford, UK

Academic year 2019/20

Tasks

Taught intermediate quantitative methods course

2 seminar groups for 52 undergraduate students

Assessed final exams of 49 students

Quantitative evaluations

100% strongly agreed that “the lab instructor was receptive to students’ questions”

100% (strongly) agreed that “the lab instructor was well-prepared”

100% (strongly) agreed that the labs were “taught at an appropriate pace”

100% (strongly) agreed that “the lab instructor was good at explaining the subject matter”

100% deemed themselves “more prepared to evaluate empirical evidence in exams”

83% found the labs “stimulating and engaging”

83% evaluated the lab’s pace as “about right” (vs. “too fast” and “too slow”)

67% considered themselves “a lot more prepared” to use data analysis for research or work

Exemplary student comments