Quantitative Methods I

1 Course Unit

This course is an introduction to the practice of statistics in social and behavioral sciences. It is open to beginning graduate students and-- with the permission of the instructor--advanced undergraduates. Topics covered include the description of social science data, in graphical and non-graphical form; correlation and other forms of association, including cross-tabulation; bivariate regression; an introduction to probability theory; the logic of sampling; the logic of statistical inference and significance tests. There is a lecture twice weekly and a mandatory "lab." Fall Also Offered As: SOCI 5350 1 Course Unit