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Course Info for SOCL - 210 - 01, Fall 2023
Class number: 1698 Title: Statistics for Social Sciences Department: Sociology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 20 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, LIB - B03 Instructor(s): Douglas, Daniel
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Sociology 101
Distribution Requirement: Meets Numerical & Symbolic Reasoning Requirement
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to statistical methods, their conceptual underpinnings, and their use in analyzing social science data. Topics include basic presentation and graphing of data, descriptive statistics, probability theory, the normal distribution, one and two sample t-tests and tests of proportions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, chi-square tests, and an introduction to linear regression. The course will emphasize the logic and practice of statistical analysis as it applies to the social sciences. Students will also learn to carry out basic statistical analysis with the aid of computer software. This course is intended for students who want a practical introduction to statistical methods and who plan to major in a social science.