Summer 2014  |  SOC 3811 Section 001: Basic Social Statistics (85691)

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
 
06/16/2014 - 08/22/2014
Tue, Thu 03:30PM - 05:20PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Descriptive statistics. Measures of central tendency, deviation, association. Inferential statistics focusing on probability/hypothesis testing. T-tests, Chi-square tests, variance analysis, bivariate regression. Statistical software used to analyze sociological data.
Class Description:
This is an entry-level social statistics course for undergraduate sociology majors. It emphasizes statistical descriptions and inferences of survey data in a learning-by-doing style. Lectures of this course expose students to theoretical bases of statistical methods with rich and diverse examples of sociological issues and cover following topics (1) numerical data description with frequency table, central tendency, and dispersion; (2) graphical data presentation; (3) basics on probability theory and statistical inference; (4) bivariate association and correlation; (5) bivariate regression. Laboratory sessions teach basic computing and data manipulation techniques in the IBM SPSS environment. Students are expected to apply theoretical knowledge to investigate real survey data and complete weekly assignments during laboratory sessions. In addition to attending lectures and labs, students are expected to read 15-20 pages of the text per week. There will be two (2) midterm exams and one (1) final exam. Students will need a scientific calculator for assignments and exams.
Grading:
40% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Written Homework
Exam Format:
multiple choices, true/false questions, and computational problems
Class Format:
65% Lecture
35% Laboratory
Workload:
15-20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/85691/1145
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 March 2014

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