MATH 0210
Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist
Fall 2025 · Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist / Quantitative Methods for the Health Scientist
Topics
- Beginnings of Statistical Analysis
- – Understand the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics
- – Interpret frequency tables and graphs and use them to summarize various data sets
- Probability
- – Understand the notion of a sample space, event, and compound event
- – Compute classical and empirical probabilities
- – Identify mutually exclusive and independent events
- – Apply the Addition and Multiplication Rules to compute probabilities
- – Understand and be able to compute conditional probabilities
- – Apply counting rules to compute probabilities of more complex events
- Random Variables and Probability Distributions
- – Understand the notion of a (discrete/continuous) random variable and probability distri
- bution
- variation (variance, standard deviation) for data sets
- – Use z-scores and percentiles to identify the position of a data value in relation to its data
- – Be familiar with binomial distributions and compute corresponding binomial probabilities
- – Be familiar with the normal distribution and the corresponding empirical rules
- – Use tables to compute probabilities and z-scores associated with normal distribution
Readings
- The required textbook for this course is: Bluman: Elementary Statistics: A Brief Approach Ed: 9
Fall 2024 · Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist / Quantitative Methods for the Health Scientist
Topics
- Statistical Terminology
- Sampling Procedures
- Organizing Data
- Histograms, Frequency Polygons
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Location
- Sample Spaces and Probability
- Addition and Multipli
- Probability Distributions
- Mean, Variance, and Expec
- Central Limit Theorem
- Confidence Interval Theory
- Hypothesis Testing, z and t Test for a Mean
- Testing the Difference Between Two Means/Para
- Correlation
- Regression
- Coefficient of Determination
- Test for Goodness Fit
- Test Using Contingency Tables
- ANOVA
Readings
- Required: Bluman, Allan G. Elementary statistics: A step by step approach. 11th Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2023.
Fall 2023 · Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist / Quantitative Methods for the Health Scientist
Topics
- Statistical Terminology
- Sampling Procedures
- Organizing Data
- Histograms, Frequency Polygons
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Location
- Sample Spaces and Probability
- Addition and Multipli
- Probability Distributions
- Mean, Variance, and Expec
- Normal Distributions and Applications
- Central Limit
- Confidence Interval Theory
- Hypothesis Testing, z and t Test for a Mean
- Testing the Difference Between Two Means/Para
- Correlation
- Regression
- Coefficient of Determination
- Test for Goodness Fit
- Test Using Contingency Tables
- ANOVA
Readings
- Required: Bluman, Allan G. Elementary statistics: A step by step approach. 11th Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2023.
Fall 2021 · Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist / Quantitative Methods for the Health Scientist
Readings
- Elementary Statistics, a step-by-step approach, by Bluman, tenth edition, McGraw-Hill.
Fall 2021 · Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist / Quantitative Methods for the Health Scientist
Topics
- Timing of Closures/Notification
- / Notification
- to close a campus or location in evening classes is being
- the morning: considered, this
- mentioned in the message
- College closes a campus(s) in 9:30 a.m. By 10:00 a.m. Only affects classes
- open by 12:00 noon later
- past 12:00 noon
- evening classes which
- commence at 5 p.m. or later
- for evening classes
- Notification
- Georgian social media (Facebook, Twitter)
- Georgian website (homepage)
- Recorded message when you call into Barrie campus at
- Student or employee portal
- Radio and television announcements through local and regional media
Readings
- Required: - Introductory Statistics, by Douglas Shafer and Zhiyi Zhang.
- Required: Descriptions of Course Components
2019–2020 · Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist / Quantitative Methods for the Health Scientist
Readings
- Elementary Statistics, a step-by-step approach, by Bluman, tenth edition, McGraw-Hill.
Fall 2017
Topics
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Readings
- Required: § Bluman, A. (2016). Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version with Formula Card (7th ed.).
- Required: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 1259345289.
- Required: Additional Textbooks (optional) § Johnson, R., & Kuby, P. (2012). STAT2 (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. § Newbold, P., Carlson, W., & Thorne, B. (2013). Statistics for Business and Economics (8th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
- Required: MATH-0210-FAO Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist Page | 1
Fall 2017
Topics
- catalogid=24&topicgroupid=19383&loaduseredits=true
Readings
- Required: § Bluman, A. (2016). Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version with Formula Card (7th ed.).
- Required: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 1259345289.
- Required: Additional Textbooks (optional) § Johnson, R., & Kuby, P. (2012). STAT2 (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. § Newbold, P., Carlson, W., & Thorne, B. (2013). Statistics for Business and Economics (8th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
- Required: MATH-0210-FAB Quantitative Methods for the Social Scientist Page | 1
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
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- syllabus ↗Fall 2017
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.