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PUB AFF 115Using Quantitative Methods to Understand Social Problems and their Potential Solutions

Public Affairs · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Course in R preferred. Introduction to multivariate quantitative research models used to answer questions in social science. Students gain practical and intuitive understanding of multivariate regression, program evaluation, and research methods, and apply knowledge by analyzing real world data. Focus on practical analytic tools using statistical software.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 60 or equivalent introductory statistics course.

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one of
  • PUB AFF 60
  • equivalent introductory statistics course
  • · could not read "equivalent introductory statistics course" (no course number found)

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PUB AFF 115

  • PUB AFF 60Using Data to Learn about Society: Introduction to Empirical Research and Statistics

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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PUB AFF 115

  • PUB AFF 198AHonors Research in Public Affairs
    • PUB AFF 198BHonors Research in Public Affairsanother path to it
  • PUB AFF 198BHonors Research in Public Affairs
    • PUB AFF 198CHonors Research in Public Affairsanother path to it
  • PUB AFF 198CHonors Research in Public Affairs

3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.