University of Regina: Department of Sociology and Social Studies

University of Regina
Department of Sociology and Social Studies

Social Studies 201 - Fall 2003

General Methods of Statistics

Classes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:30 - 11:20, CL435

Labs: Tuesday 8:30-9:45, 10:00-11:15, 11:30-12:45, CL109

Text:

Paul Gingrich, Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences , Parts I and II
Class handouts

Notes and problem sets for Social Studies 201 for the Fall 2003 semester are available from this web site. These materials are intended primarily for students in Social Studies 201 the University of Regina during the Fall semester of 2003. Others are free to use these materials, but please give appropriate credit if you do so. I apologize for any error or misinterpretations. Remember that these are notes for classes and are not finished products.

The web site will be updated weekly during the semester. Please provide suggestions and address any problems to the class instructor Paul Gingrich.

Class Syllabus and Faculty of Arts Announcements

Class Notes:

September 8 -- Introductory Notes

September 10-12 -- Production of Data and Examples

September 15-17 -- Types of Variables and Stem and Leaf Display

September 19 -- Presenting Data

September 22 -- Histograms

September 22-26 -- Measures of Central Tendency

October 1-10 -- Revised notes on Measures of Variation

October 31 -- Normal distribution of grades

November 5 -- Saskatchewan Election Results