This course will examine both descriptive (e.g. distributions, central tendency, variability, graphic representations) and inferential (e.g. t-tests, Analysis of Variance) statistics within the context of the social sciences. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the conditions that call for the use of one test over another. Students will be exposed to theory as well as to hands-on application through computer statistics packages such as SPSS. Prerequisites: CJ 152, PSY 110, or SOC 119 and MTH 105, MTH 106, MTH 113, or MTH 121.
SSC-285: Statistics for Social Sciences
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