Mathematics and Statistics are critical tools used for public decision-making, policy management as well as understanding, explaining, and predicting politics. This course is intended for anyone who needs to make sense of political data and/or use mathematics and statistics for policy making. More specifically this course is for those students who are reading for a B.Sc. in Political Leadership and Management, Political Science, Public Policy and Management and International Relations in the Department of Government. Coverage includes: Numbers, algebra and sets; Probability theory and scientific epistemology; Concept development and measurement; Project workflow and data management; Descriptive, associational, and causal inference; Estimation and statistical significance; Analyzing official statistics and polling data. The course assumes no prior training in statistics or mathematics. (This is a zero level course; it carries no credit)