Software

We will use the following software in this course:

1. Statistics. Normally, I choose a package like Stata or SPSS. This year I thought we would experiment with using an AI model such as Claude or ChatGPT to run our analyses. I don't know whether this will work or not. If it fails, we can always revert to R, although I'm not an R user myself, so I will have to learn along with you. 

2. Surveys. QUALTRICS. This is online survey software. The University has a site license. To set up your account, visit this site.

3. Other. UCINET. This is something I wrote. You can download it here: UCINET. Normally, after a few months trial period, the program will want you to pay for it, but I will give you the secret code that will let you use it in perpetuity. IMPORTANT NOTE: UCINET is Windows software only.

Zoom: there will be many occasions in class when I will be using software, and expecting you to do what I'm doing on your own machines. This is an in-person class, but if for some reason we have to Zoom one day, you should realize that this can be quite difficult unless you have two screens. This could be two monitors, two separate computers, a tablet and a computer, or some other combination. (Remember that you can log into the same Zoom session from multiple devices at the same time.)