STATISTICS FOR SOCIOLOGISTS I

C&ESOC/SOC 360

Course Description

Presentation of sociological data; descriptive statistics; probability theory and statistical inference; estimation and tests of hypotheses; regression and correlation and the analysis of contingency tables.

Prerequisties

Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A requirement

Satisfies

AAE/ECON 421 , C&ESOC/SOC 361 , ISYE/PSYCH 349 , PSYCH 602 , STAT 303 , SOC 351 , SOC 674 , C&ESOC/SOC 618 , C&ESOC/SOC 365 , PUBAFFR 340 , CNSRSCI 201 , and SOC 375

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

3.25

5.85% from Historical

Completion Rate

96.63%

3.13% from Historical

A Rate

39.33%

33.92% from Historical

Class Size

5.02% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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