Sociology (SOCI) 301

Overview

Welcome to Sociology 301: Social Statistics. This course provides an overview of the uses of statistical analyses for the social sciences. You will learn about statistical reasoning and some of the techniques used to summarize data. In addition, you will learn how to formulate and test hypotheses.

Outline

Sociology 301: Social Statistics comprises 11 units. Each unit corresponds to a chapter of readings in the textbook, and should take about a week to complete.

Unit 1: Introduction to Statistics and Displaying Information in Tables and Graphs

Unit 2: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability

Unit 3: Correlation and Prediction

Unit 4: Some Key Ingredients for Inferential Statistics: The Normal Curve, Sample versus Population, and Probability

Unit 5: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Unit 6: Hypothesis Tests with Means of Samples

Unit 7: Making Sense of Statistical Significance

Unit 8: Introduction to the t Test

Unit 9: The t Test for Independent Means

Unit 10: Introduction to the Analysis of Variance

Unit 11: Chi-Square Tests

Evaluation

Your final grade in Sociology 301: Social Statistics will be based on your performance in 6 assignments, a mid-term examination, and a final examination (to be completed once you have completed and submitted all of your assignments and the mid-term examination. To receive credit for SOCI 301, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least"D" (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

6 Assignments (5% each)	Mid-term Examination (Units 1-4)	Final Examination (Units 5-11)	Total
30%	30%	40%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.