Art and Science of Inferential Statistics

3 units

This course examines the historical roots, the scholarly development, and the current applications of inferential statistics in a research context. The emphasis is on how social and natural variables are distributed, framing testable research questions, and choosing appropriate statistical tests. This course will cover the testing of univariate, bivariate and multivariate hypotheses using parametric, non-parametric, and re-sampling methods. Requires students to undertake statistical analyses of their own on real data sets. Familiarity with descriptive statistics is assumed. Designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Permission of instructor is required for undergraduate enrollment.