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ENST 2006

Introduction to Quantitative Research

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Introduction to solving problems using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Graphical and numerical tools to describe distributions. Probability, sampling and estimates, and hypothesis testing. Fundamentals of spatial statistics and analysis.

2025

Readings

  • Some useful references that we will discuss at different points in the term: Andersen, Chris, Maggie Walter, Tahu Kukutai and Chelsea Gabel. 2025. Indigenous Statistics: From Data
  • Deficits to Data Sovereigny. London: Routledge.
  • Christopher, Andrew N. 2017. Interpreting and Using Statistic in Psychological Research. London: Sage.
  • Jones, Rhys. 2020. Essential Maths Skills for Exploring Social Data: A Student’s Workbook. London: Sage.
  • [additional online resources: https://tinyurl.com/24wjbs7f] O’Sullivan, David and David Unwin. 2010. Geographic Information Analysis, 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Prerequisites & course information

Also listed as GEOG 2006 . Precludes additional credit for BIT 2000 , BIT 2009 , BIT 2100 (no longer offered), BIT 2300 (no longer offered), DATA 1517 , ECON 2210 , NEUR 2002 , PSCI 2702 , STAT 2507 , STAT 2601 , STAT 2606. Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.

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