Sociology (SOCI) 301

Social Statistics (Revision 2)

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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online (with eTextbook)

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Social Science

Prerequisite: Any successfully completed university course, in any discipline, at any level.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

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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 eText, 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 midterm 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:

Activity	Weighting
6 Assignments (5% each)	30%
Mid-term Examination	30%
Final Examination	40%
Total	100%

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

Course Materials

Textbook

Registration in this course includes an electronic textbook. For more information on electronic textbooks, please refer to our eText Initiative site.

Aron, A., Aron, E., and Coup, E. (2011). Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences: A Brief Course. (5^th Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

A print version of the eText may be available for purchase from the publisher through a direct-to-student link provided on the course website; you can also acquire the textbook on your own if you wish.