STATISTICS FOR SOCIOLOGISTS II

ECON 710

Extensions of the linear regression model; introduction to multiple equation models.

SOC 362

Generalized linear models with selected applications to social science data. Topics: Review of multiple regression; properties of estimators; general linear restrictions; instrumental variables; two-stage least squares; panel data; fixed and random effects; logit, probit, and related models.

SOC 952

Selected topics in measurement and model construction in social research.

C&ESOC/SOC 360

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.

STAT 333

An introduction to regression with emphasis on the practical aspects. Topics include: straight-line model, role of assumptions, residual analysis, transformations, multiple regression (with some use of matrix notation), multicollinearity, subset selection, and a brief introduction to mixed models.