Course overview

Description

What the course catalog says (source): Introduction to statistics as a science of understanding and analyzing data. Themes include data collection, exploratory analysis, inference, and modeling. Focus on principles underlying quantitative research in social sciences, humanities, and public policy. Research projects teach the process of scientific discovery and synthesis and critical evaluation of research and statistical arguments. Readings give perspective on why in 1950, S. Wilks said, “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.”

Prerequisites: a body temperature roughly in the nineties.

Meetings

Meeting	Location	Time	Staff
Lectures	Social Sciences 139	TuTh 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM	JZ, Christina
Lab 01	Old Chem 201	F 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM	Songliang, Sonya
Lab 02	Old Chem 201	F 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM	Songliang, Joon
Lab 03	Old Chem 201	F 01:25 PM - 02:40 PM	Jesus, Matthew