THE QUANTITATIVE METHODS COMPONENT IN SOCIAL-SCIENCES CURRICULA IN VIEW OF JOURNAL CONTENT

What level of quantitative methods (or applied statistical analysis) s hould graduate students in the social sciences be prepared to master, if they are to be competitive in the job market? In the age of informa tion technology, more darn, in survey or other form, about any imagina ble topic exist than ever before. Empirical analysis on the basis of m ore advanced quantitative methods becomes more common. This study take s the perspective that graduate students in the social sciences must b e prepared to read a literature that makes extensive use of quantitati ve methods. To quantify this dimension of the literature, top journals in economics, political science, public administration, and sociology are examined for their quantitative complexity.