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SOC 456

Data Analysis and Research

3 units

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Introduction and Course Overview
  • Research in the Social Sciences/R Intro
  • Data Sources and Cleaning Data
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Visualizing & Presenting Data
  • Inferential Statistics Review
  • Bivariate Analysis Review
  • Linear Regression Review
  • Linear Regression Mistakes & Diagnostics
  • Categorical Variables
  • Writing and Editing

Readings

  • Recommended: Fogarty, Brian J. 2023. Quantitative Social Science Data with R: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. Sage. ISBN 9781529790450
    recommended
    ISBN 9781529790450
Fall 2025

Topics

  • Introduction and Course Overview
  • Research in the Social Sciences/R Intro
  • Data Sources and Cleaning Data
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Visualizing & Presenting Data
  • Inferential Statistics Review
  • Bivariate Analysis Review
  • Linear Regression Review
  • Linear Regression Mistakes & Diagnostics
  • Categorical Variables
  • Writing and Editing
  • Course Wrap-Up, Presenting Results in Tables & Writing

Readings

  • Recommended: Fogarty, Brian J. 2023. Quantitative Social Science Data with R: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. Sage. ISBN 9781529790450
    recommended
    ISBN 9781529790450
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