PUB AFF 60
Using Data to Learn about Society: Introduction to Empirical Research and Statistics
Public Affairs · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open for credit to students with credit for Economics 41, Political Science 6, Statistics 10, 12, 13, or 15. Introduction to statistics through examination of topics of public interest. Familiarization with research design principles and hands-on data analysis using statistical software. Students learn how to find and organize quantitative data; summarize, display, and interpret data; draw inferences from samples (including understanding margins of error, standard errors, and confidence intervals); test hypotheses about associations between two variables (including tests of proportion, t-tests, chi-squared, correlation); and communicate findings to lay audience.
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