Sociology Course Descriptions

SOC 281 Data Analysis Using PASW (4 credit hours)
Prerequisites: PSY 278 or ECN 279 or MTH 135 , and a research course in either sociology or psychology or consent of the instructor.

Valued by employers and graduate schools alike, this course develops marketable skills used in social science analyses as well as in other areas of research like communications, business, and health. Students use the Predictive Analytics Software (formerly Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) to create data files, recode variables, and analyze relationships in the data. Participants in the class learn how to formulate research hypotheses and empirically test them in a user-friendly computer lab. The course is based on conceptual understanding of statistical analysis and emphasizes a practical, working knowledge of various statistical tests with calculations performed by the software. Do analysis of your own choosing, starting with the data and ending with impressive tables and graphs with which to convey the findings to the world. In the end you might like data analysis like many students who took the class before you!

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Last modified: May 24, 2013
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