DATA MANAGEMENT FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

C&ESOC/SOC 365

Course Description

Understanding the structure of different types of social scientific data, techniques for data evaluation, cleaning, documentation and visual display, merging data from multiple sources, restructuring data for analysis.

Prerequisties

C&ESOC/SOC 360 , PSYCH 210 , STAT 301 , ECON 310 , MATH/STAT 310 , or GEOG 360

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.74

5.04% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

4.07% from Historical

A Rate

76.19%

28.32% from Historical

Class Size

39.45% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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