Fall 2023 | PA 5031 Section 001: Statistics for Public Affairs (23287)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Dev prac or Human Rights major or Pub Pol or STEP ng major or minor or PA PhD
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 2509/05/2023 - 12/13/2023UMTC, West BankUMN ONLINE-HYB
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (40 of 48 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Basic statistical tools for empirical analysis of public policy alternatives. Frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, elementary probability/probability distributions, statistical inference. Estimation/hypothesis testing. Cross-tabulation/chi-square distribution. Analysis of variance, correlation. Simple/multiple regression analysis.
- Class Notes:
- PA 5031-001 lecture will be offered as "HyFlex." Students may choose to either attend In Person or Remotely (synchronously online). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?arfertig+PA5031+Fall2023. More info about stats course options here: https://z.umn.edu/HHH_Stats_Options
- Class Description:
Quantitative analysis skills for public affairs research and practice. Topics will include quantitative study design, descriptive statistics, correlation, probability distributions, sampling, statistical tests, and ordinary least squares regression.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Entering graduate students in the social sciences. Students interested in domestic issues and data should register for sections 001, 002, and 003, which will use US data for examples and assignments. For students interested in using international data, please register for sections 004, 005, or 006.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course is intended to provide familiarity with statistical terminology and methodology used in the policy arena as well as the popular media; to teach you to interpret and criticize statistical results; to enable you to use basic statistical techniques for research or policy analysis; and to encourage you to think about how statistics can be used to shed light on (or hide) and enhance positions of power or privilege in societies.
- Grading:
- Class Format:
- Sections 001, 002, and 003 lecture will be offered as "HyFlex." Students may choose to either attend In Person or Remote (synchronously online). All lectures will be video recorded for later viewing. Lab sessions are in-person only in a computer lab in the Humphrey Building. Note that sections 004, 005, and 006 will be in person only for lectures and labs.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23287/1239
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/arfertig_PA5031_Fall2023.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/arfertig_PA5031_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2023
Fall 2023 | PA 5031 Section 002: Statistics for Public Affairs (23288)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Laboratory
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Fri 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 85
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 24 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Basic statistical tools for empirical analysis of public policy alternatives. Frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, elementary probability/probability distributions, statistical inference. Estimation/hypothesis testing. Cross-tabulation/chi-square distribution. Analysis of variance, correlation. Simple/multiple regression analysis.
- Class Notes:
- PA 5031-001 lecture will be offered as "HyFlex." Students may choose to either attend In Person or Remotely (synchronously online). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?arfertig+PA5031+Fall2023. More info about stats course options here: https://z.umn.edu/HHH_Stats_Options
- Class Description:
Quantitative analysis skills for public affairs research and practice. Topics will include quantitative study design, descriptive statistics, correlation, probability distributions, sampling, statistical tests, and ordinary least squares regression.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Entering graduate students in the social sciences. Students interested in domestic issues and data should register for sections 001, 002, and 003, which will use US data for examples and assignments. For students interested in using international data, please register for sections 004, 005, or 006.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course is intended to provide familiarity with statistical terminology and methodology used in the policy arena as well as the popular media; to teach you to interpret and criticize statistical results; to enable you to use basic statistical techniques for research or policy analysis; and to encourage you to think about how statistics can be used to shed light on (or hide) and enhance positions of power or privilege in societies.
- Grading:
- Class Format:
- Sections 001, 002, and 003 lecture will be offered as "HyFlex." Students may choose to either attend In Person or Remote (synchronously online). All lectures will be video recorded for later viewing. Lab sessions are in-person only in a computer lab in the Humphrey Building. Note that sections 004, 005, and 006 will be in person only for lectures and labs.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23288/1239
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/arfertig_PA5031_Fall2023.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/arfertig_PA5031_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2023
Fall 2023 | PA 5031 Section 003: Statistics for Public Affairs (23289)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Laboratory
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Fri 12:45PM - 02:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 85
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 24 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Basic statistical tools for empirical analysis of public policy alternatives. Frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, elementary probability/probability distributions, statistical inference. Estimation/hypothesis testing. Cross-tabulation/chi-square distribution. Analysis of variance, correlation. Simple/multiple regression analysis.
- Class Notes:
- PA 5031-001 lecture will be offered as "HyFlex." Students may choose to either attend In Person or Remotely (synchronously online). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?arfertig+PA5031+Fall2023. More info about stats course options here: https://z.umn.edu/HHH_Stats_Options
- Class Description:
Quantitative analysis skills for public affairs research and practice. Topics will include quantitative study design, descriptive statistics, correlation, probability distributions, sampling, statistical tests, and ordinary least squares regression.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Entering graduate students in the social sciences. Students interested in domestic issues and data should register for sections 001, 002, and 003, which will use US data for examples and assignments. For students interested in using international data, please register for sections 004, 005, or 006.
- Learning Objectives:
- This course is intended to provide familiarity with statistical terminology and methodology used in the policy arena as well as the popular media; to teach you to interpret and criticize statistical results; to enable you to use basic statistical techniques for research or policy analysis; and to encourage you to think about how statistics can be used to shed light on (or hide) and enhance positions of power or privilege in societies.
- Grading:
- Class Format:
- Sections 001, 002, and 003 lecture will be offered as "HyFlex." Students may choose to either attend In Person or Remote (synchronously online). All lectures will be video recorded for later viewing. Lab sessions are in-person only in a computer lab in the Humphrey Building. Note that sections 004, 005, and 006 will be in person only for lectures and labs.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23289/1239
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/arfertig_PA5031_Fall2023.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/arfertig_PA5031_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2023
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