Course Schedule and Due Dates Note: refers to Agresti & Finlay’s textbook, refers to textbook exercise assignment, “AF” “Ex” and refers to problem set. “PS” January Unit One Review – M 9 Course introduction, descriptive and inferential statistics, AF 1 – W 11 Social science reasoning, theory, hypotheses, dependent and independent variables, AF 1 – F 13 Measurement, AF 2 – M 16 Holiday no – – W 18 Sampling, validity, reliability, AF 2 – F 20 LAB Stata on the VCL, measurement scales of variables Ex 1 due 9:00AM – – M 23 Descriptive statistics, AF 3 – W 25 Descriptive statistics, AF 3 – F 27 LAB Recoding variables in Stata – – M 30 UNIT ONE TEST – Unit Two Inferential Statistics – February W 1 Probability, AF 4 – F 3 LAB Tables and graphs of different types of variables – – M 6 Statistical inference, point and interval estimation, AF 5 PS 1 due 9:00AM – W 8 One sample significance tests, AF 6 – F 10 LAB - One sample significance tests, AF 6 Ex 2 due 9:00AM – M 13 Comparison of two groups, AF 7 – W 15 Comparison of two groups, AF 7 – F 17 LAB - Bivariate tests in Stata Ex 3 due 9:00AM – M 20 Contingency tables, AF 8 – W 22 Contingency tables, AF 8 – F 24 LAB Contingency tables in Stata – – M 27 Midterm review PS 2 due 9:00AM – W 29 UNIT TWO TEST – March
Course Schedule and Due Dates Note: “AF” refers to Agresti & Finlay’s textbook, “Ex” refers to textbook exercise assignment, and “PS” refers to problem set. January Unit One – Review M 9 – Course introduction, descriptive and inferential statistics, AF 1 W 11 – Social science reasoning, theory, hypotheses, dependent and independent variables, AF 1 F 13 – Measurement, AF 2 M 16 – Holiday – no W 18 – Sampling, validity, reliability, AF 2 F 20 – LAB – Stata on the VCL, measurement scales of variables Ex 1 due 9:00AM M 23 – Descriptive statistics, AF 3 W 25 – Descriptive statistics, AF 3 F 27 – LAB – Recoding variables in Stata M 30 – UNIT ONE TEST Unit Two – Inferential Statistics February W 1 – Probability, AF 4 F 3 – LAB – Tables and graphs of different types of variables M 6 – Statistical inference, point and interval estimation, AF 5 PS 1 due 9:00AM W 8 – One sample significance tests, AF 6 F 10 – LAB - One sample significance tests, AF 6 Ex 2 due 9:00AM M 13 – Comparison of two groups, AF 7 W 15 – Comparison of two groups, AF 7 F 17 – LAB - Bivariate tests in Stata Ex 3 due 9:00AM M 20 – Contingency tables, AF 8 W 22 – Contingency tables, AF 8 F 24 – LAB – Contingency tables in Stata M 27 – Midterm review PS 2 due 9:00AM W 29 – UNIT TWO TEST March