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Fall 2019 | SOC 3811 Section 001: Social Statistics (16817)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
SOC 5811 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (214 of 214 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC3811+Fall2019
- Class Description:
Quantitative data can reveal the social world - or disguise it. This class will teach methods of describing, displaying, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data so that it can reveal, not disguise, social patterns. We will cover: (1) descriptive statistics and principles of good graphing; (2) methods of transforming data to make its patterns visible; (3) the probability theory that lets us use samples to learn about populations; (4) principles of causal inference; and (5) methods for relating multiple variables to understand their relationships.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 5811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811. Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.
- Grading:
48% Data Analysis Assignments
45% Quizzes
7% Learning Reflections
- Exam Format:
- Computations
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture and large-group activities
50% Computer Labs
- Workload:
- 10-35 pages reading per week (note: textbook reading is slow because it requires stopping to do practice problems along the way); weekly quizzes; 3 longer analytical memos. SOC 5811 students do all the SOC 3811 work plus three additional course meetings to discuss more advanced topics and some additional advanced problems on the data analysis assignments.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16817/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2019
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2019 Sociology Classes