Apr 12, 2026  
Fall 2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2026 Graduate Catalog
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SOC 501 - Multivariate Statistics for Social Science


This course is an advanced treatment of descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on the latter. Students will gain practical experience in analyzing current data from the social sciences through the use of statistical computer programs. Topics include: sampling, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, hypothesis testing, point and interval estimation, the normal, binomial, and chi-square distributions, parametric and non-parametric measures of association and correlation, and bi-variate regression.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in Sociology MA or Sociology PhD program, or Department Consent

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.) ​



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