Campus
Buffalo Univ
12 Capen Hall Buffalo, NY 14260-1660
Record Status
Active
General Education
The following is fulfilled by this course:
- Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
- Social Sciences
SOC 294LR
Basic Stat for Social Sci
This course introduces students to the vocabulary, concepts, and statistical techniques used by quantitative social scientists to describe and test hypotheses about the social world. Students will learn how to (1) describe data distributions, (2) formulate and test research hypotheses, (3) describe and probe the relationship between two or more factors, characteristics, or events in the social world, and (4) interpret and evaluate published statistics.