STAT 2830 - Methods of Data Analysis

This course is an examination of data analytic methods in the social sciences. Major topics include frequency distributions, graphic presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability, cross-tabulation, sampling distributions, statistical inference by confidence intervals and significance tests, bivariate regression and correlation.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 1100 and SOC 2820, with grades of “C” or better.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Students can receive credit for only one of: STAT 2160, STAT 2600, STAT 2830, STAT 3640, STAT 3660 or SOC 2830. This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 3: College-Level Mathematics or Quantitative Reasoning.