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Spring 2014 | SOC 8811 Section 001: Advanced Social Statistics (52128)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. Sample topics: advanced multiple regression, logistic regression, limited dependent variable analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, log-linear models, structural equations, and event history analysis. Applications to datasets using computers.
- Class Description:
- Statistical methods for analyzing social data. This course is designed for Sociology graduate students and assumes a background equivalent to Soc 5811 Intermediate Social Statistics. The class will be comprised primarily of introduction to modern statistical techniques such as categorical data analysis (e.g., logistic regression), time series analysis (e.g., event history analysis), and modern computational statistics (e.g., monte carlo tests). Labs are organized to help students with the data analysis required to complete the weekly exercises, develop the term paper, and to further training in statistical software used by social science researchers.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: weekly/bi-weekly assignments, 1 take-home exam, 1 research paper.
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
30% Laboratory
- Workload:
- 5-15 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: weekly/bi-weekly assignments, 1 take-home exam, 1 research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52128/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 April 2013
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