Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

The Quantitative Methods course introduces the student to the quantitative and statistical procedures used in studying humanity and society. By the end of the course, the student will be able to determine the place of statistics in the Social Sciences, will be familiar with the fundamental concepts and techniques of statistics, will be able to interpret the statistics encountered in the context of social science research as well as in everyday life, will learn how to work with descriptive statistics, and in particular, how to present, analyze, and interpret data using various forms of measurement, and will be introduced to, and learn to work with, at least one inferential statistical technique.