Course Outline Statistics
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK
SOCI 1005 (SY16C) -INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR THE
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
SUMMER SCHOOL 2012/2013- COURSE OUTLINE
Lecturer: Ayesha Facey
Office: Room 46, Faculty of Social Sciences
Office #: 970-6324
E-mail: ayeshafcy@yahoo.com
COURSE OBJECTIVE
This course aims to introduce students to basic univariate and bivariate statistics. A student who successfully completes this course will possess a reasonable level of knowledge of basic statistics and their interpretations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
• Adequately define statistical concepts • Distinguish between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics • Distinguish between qualitative data and quantitative data • Classify data with respect to the four levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio • Create grouped frequency distributions • Compute measures of central tendency and variation and use them to analyze data • Calculate and interpret the correlation coefficient and equation of the least-squares regression line for bivariate data and use the results to make predictions. • Solve probabilities • Compute binomial distributions • Use the normal distribution to interpret z scores and compute probabilities • Estimate a population mean or proportion using a point estimate and confidence intervals and interpret the confidence level
• Determine the appropriate sample size for a specific margin of error and confidence interval • Conduct and interpret hypothesis tests for both means and proportions • Perform chi-square analysis and make relevant conclusions • Determine appropriate statistical techniques for a given application
REQUIRED TEXTS
Heiman, Gary. Basic Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences. Boston: Houghton Miffling Company, 2000.
SOCI 1005 (SY16C) -INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR THE
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
SUMMER SCHOOL 2012/2013- COURSE OUTLINE
Lecturer: Ayesha Facey
Office: Room 46, Faculty of Social Sciences
Office #: 970-6324
E-mail: ayeshafcy@yahoo.com
COURSE OBJECTIVE
This course aims to introduce students to basic univariate and bivariate statistics. A student who successfully completes this course will possess a reasonable level of knowledge of basic statistics and their interpretations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
• Adequately define statistical concepts • Distinguish between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics • Distinguish between qualitative data and quantitative data • Classify data with respect to the four levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio • Create grouped frequency distributions • Compute measures of central tendency and variation and use them to analyze data • Calculate and interpret the correlation coefficient and equation of the least-squares regression line for bivariate data and use the results to make predictions. • Solve probabilities • Compute binomial distributions • Use the normal distribution to interpret z scores and compute probabilities • Estimate a population mean or proportion using a point estimate and confidence intervals and interpret the confidence level
• Determine the appropriate sample size for a specific margin of error and confidence interval • Conduct and interpret hypothesis tests for both means and proportions • Perform chi-square analysis and make relevant conclusions • Determine appropriate statistical techniques for a given application
REQUIRED TEXTS
Heiman, Gary. Basic Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences. Boston: Houghton Miffling Company, 2000.