SOC 230 - Introduction to Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

1. Variables and measurement in the social sciences
2. Frequency distributions
3. Measures of central tendency
4. Variability
5. Standardized distributions
6. Probability
7. Hypotheses testing in the social sciences
8. Independent and related samples
9. Estimation
10. Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
11. Correlations and regressions in the social sciences

1. Define and create different variables and different forms of measurement. (1)
2. Interpret frequency distributions and compute measures of central tendency. (2,3)
3. Compute and interpret scores of variability among data in standardized distributions. (4,5)
4. Compute and interpret probabilities and inferential statistics between populations and samples within the social and behavioral sciences. (6)
5. Design and calculate means of testing a hypothesis. (7)
6. Explain the concepts underlying the statistical testing of hypotheses. (7)
7. Utilizing t-tests, design and test research involving means from independent and related samples. (8)
8. Follow formulas to infer population parameters through estimation. (9)
9. Design and compute multiple means using one-way ANOVA. (10)
10. Identify and interpret information gained through correlations and regression analyses within the social and behavioral sciences. (11)