Course
Description
The course covers both descriptive and inferential statistics including the organization and presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability, relationships between variables and measures of association, the normal distribution, sampling and sampling distributions, estimation, and hypothesis testing. We will use the following software: SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Prerequisites: sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
Student
Learning Outcomes
Upon
completion of the
course, students will be able
to:
1. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of existing statistical research
2. Identify an appropriate statistical technique for particular research
questions
3. Calculate and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics
4. Describe fundamental statistical terms including central tendency,
variability, association, and inference
Office Hours and Support
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Professor: Bob Kunovich Office: UH 442 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-2:00 and by appointment Office Telephone: 817-272-3796 E-mail: Kunovich@uta.edu |
Teaching Assistant: Jaala Robinson Office: UH 415 Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30-3:30 E-mail: Jaala.Robinson@mavs.uta.edu |
Handouts and Downloads
01/15 - Syllabus
01/17 - Assignment 1, Basic SPSS Help, Frequency Distributions, Frequency Distributions with SPSS, Graphic Presentation
01/22 - Measures of Central Tendency
01/24 - Assignment 2
01/29 - Measures of Variability
01/31 - Assignment 3, Variability Practice Problems and Solutions, Example from class
02/05 - Exam 1 Review Sheet, Exam 1 Practice Problems and Solutions
02/07 - Exam 1 Formula Sheet (I will bring copies for everyone, this is here so that you know what to expect)
02/12 - Probability Experiments
02/14 - Assignment 4, The Normal Distribution
02/21 - Sampling and Sampling Distributions
02/26 - Additional sampling distribution examples
02/28 - Assignment 5, Estimation
03/05 - Assignment 6, Hypothesis Testing
03/07 - Exam 2 Review Sheet, Exam 2 Practice Problems and Solutions, Exam 2 Formula Sheet (I will bring copies for everyone, this is here so that you know what to expect)
03/21 - Exam 2 (originally scheduled for Thursday, March 21) will take place Tuesday, March 26; we need another two classes to master hypothesis testing
03/28 - Revised Schedule, Cross-tabulation
04/02 - Assignment 7, Chi-square, Chi-square 2
04/04 - M&M Results
04/09 - Measures of Association, Titanic data and example
04/16 - Practice problems
04/18 - Assignment 8, Bivariate Association, Bivariate Association 2
04/23 - Practice Problem and Solution
05/02 - Exam 3 Review Sheet, Exam 3 Practice Problems and Solutions, Exam 3 Formula Sheet (I will bring copies for everyone, this is here so that you know what to expect)
SPSS
The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) is available in the Business and University Hall computing labs. See the OIT web page for lab locations and hours. Although you may use SPSS in these labs, some prefer to install SPSS on their own computer. Purchasing the software is quite expensive, but it is possible to rent SPSS for a reasonable price (approximately $40 for 6 months). If you choose to rent the software, the "statistics base grad pack" is all that would be needed for this course.
Data
We will be using data from several sources. The data files are available for download from the book's study page (the first link below). Do not wait to access the data until the last minute. You should assume that you will have trouble and will need help.
Web Pages
Social
Statistics for a Diverse Society: Student Study Web Page
The National Opinion
Research
Center
The
General
Social Survey
SPSS
UCLA Stat
Computing Portal: SPSS Portal
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