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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
Credits

4

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
89

5.02% from Historical

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