Sociology 3155

DATE	SUBJECT	READING*	HOMEWORK/ ASSIGNMENT DUE	WEB LINKS
21-Jan	*MLK Day -- CLASS DOES NOT MEET*
28-Jan	Welcome & introductions; Statistics' role in the research process	Chapter 1		Joy of Stats video: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/
4-Feb	Descriptive statistics; Measures of central tendency; Measures of dispersion (intro)	Chapters 2 & 3 Huff, Chs. 2, 5 & 6: "The Well-Chosen Average," "The Gee-Whiz Graph" & "The One-Dimensional Picture" Huff, Ch. 9: "How to Statisticulate" N & B, Ch. 4: "Playing the Percentages"
11-Feb	Measures of dispersion; the normal curve & Z scores	Chapters 4 & 5	Homework #1 Due
18-Feb	Z scores wrap-up; probability; sampling; introduction to inferential statistics; review for Exam #1	Chapters 5 & 6	Homework #2 Due Friday, Feb. 15 @ noon to my mailbox in Cina 228
25-Feb	Exam #1; lab time to work on project
4-Mar	Inferential statistics; estimation	Chapters 6 &7 Huff, Ch. 1: "The Sample with the Built-in Bias" Huff, Chs. 3 & 4: "The Little Figures that are not There" & "Much Ado about Practically Nothing" N & B, Ch. 7: "Taking Chances"	Data Analysis Assignment #1 Due	Real-Time Population Data:http://www.worldometers.info/
11-Mar	Hypothesis testing (1- & 2-sample)	Chapters 8 & 9 N & B, Ch. 8: "The Proof is in the Numbers"	Homework #3 Due
18-Mar	*Spring Break*
25-Mar	2-Sample hypothesis testing	Chapter 9 Best, Ch. 5: "Stat Wars"
1-Apr	ANOVA (intro); Data Analysis Projects; review for Exam #2	Chapter 10	Homework #4 Due Friday, March 29 @ noon to my mailbox in Cina 228
8-Apr	Exam #2; lab time to work on final project
15-Apr	ANOVA in SPSS; chi square; Introduction to association	Chapters 10 - 13	Data Analysis Assignment #2 Due
22-Apr	Association between nominal, ordinal & interval-ratio variables	Chapters 13 - 15 Huff, Ch. 8: "Post Hoc Rides Again"	Homework #5 Due
29-Apr	Causality & statistical control; data analysis projects	Chapter 16	Homework #6 Due
6-May	Review for final exam; lab time for final project			FINAL PROJECTS DUE THURSDAY, MAY 9 @ 1 PM
13-May	FINAL EXAM: 6 - 7:55 PM

RESOURCES Statistics Every Writer Should Know The Gallup Poll; New York Times Polls Pew Research Center Statistical Abstract of the U.S.	DATA SETS Abridged General Social Survey 2010 (for HW assignments) RECODING A VARIABLE IN SPSS UNABRIDGED 2010 GSS DATA SET GSS CODEBOOK Discussion Question Schedule (Excerpted Readings)
Statistics Applets — Interactive Tools to Aid in Understanding Statistical Concepts: Mean & Median Normal Distribution Probability & the Normal (Z) Distribution Sampling a population Normal Distribution 2 (Randomness) Regression Line Equation
Data Analysis Projects: Data Analysis Project Guidelines Guide to Proper Citation of Others' Work APA formatting guidelines Index of GSS Variables PowerPoint Slides for Data Analysis Project Example project paper from a past semeter (NOT perfect)

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