Summer 2013  |  SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (86268)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Summer Session 10 wk
 
06/17/2013 - 08/23/2013
Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 250
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability and hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
Class Description:
This is a social statistics course for undergraduate students in social sciences. It provides an introduction to basic statistical concepts and techniques commonly used by social scientists. It focuses on developing students' understanding of how statistics can be used to address key social science questions. The course will enable students to comprehend quantitatively-oriented research and to use statistical techniques in their own projects. In the longer run, I expect students to become knowledgeable and critical consumers of statistical information that appears in the media and elsewhere.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
10% Special Projects
20% Written Homework
15% Attendance
15% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Multiple Choices and Computational Questions
Class Format:
45% Lecture
20% Discussion
35% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
1 Special Project(s)
8 Homework Assignment(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/86268/1135
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 March 2013

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