SOC 3811 BASIC SOCIAL STATISTICS

SPRING 2011 SYLLABUS: 

 SOC3811_Syllabus_Spring_2011.pdf

 

OFFICE HOURS:

 Prof. David Knoke - TUES & THURS 11:15-12:00 or by appointment

 T.A. Kyungmin Baek – ____________________________ or by appointment

 T.A. Yu-Ju Chien - TUES & THURS 11:15-12:00 or by appointment

 T.A. Jasmine Harris - WED 9:00-11:00 or by appointment

 

DOWNLOAD the LAB ASSIGNMENTS:

 

            Due by end of Lecture on Mar. 10: Soc3811_Assignment_1_Spring_2011.doc

            Due by end of Lecture on Apr. 21: Soc3811_Assignment_2_Spring_2011.doc

 

 

DOWNLOAD the COURSE NOTES

(Course Notes packet may be purchased at University bookstore)

 

          Jan. 18:    CHAPTER_1_INTRODUCTION_CN.pdf

          Jan. 20:  CHAPTER_2A_FREQUENCY_DISTRIBUTIONS_CN.pdf

          Jan. 25:  CHAPTER_2B_CENTRAL_TENDENCY_CN.pdf

          Jan. 27:  CHAPTER_2C_MEASURES_OF_DISPERSION_CN.pdf

          Feb. 3:  CHAPTER_2D_STANDARDIZED_SCORES_CN.pdf

                              Appendix C:  SSDA4 Appendix C Areas Under the Normal Curve.pdf

          Feb. 8:  CHAPTER_3A_INFERENCE_CN.pdf

                              SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION DEMO:  http://onlinestatbook.com/stat_sim/sampling_dist/index.html

                              CONFIDENCE INTERVAL DEMO:  http://onlinestatbook.com/stat_sim/conf_interval/index.html

                                        Read Instructions, Click "Begin" button

          Feb. 15:  Review for 1st Mid-term:  REVIEW_MIDTERM1_CN.pdf

                              Use Problems in the Spring 2010 Exam for Practice:  MidtermExam_1_Spring2010.pdf

                              Check your answers here:  MidtermExam_1_ Spring2010_ANSWERS.pdf

       Feb. 17:  (THURSDAY) FIRST MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring Calculator & 2 Pencils with Erasers

          Feb. 22:  CHAPTER_3B_t_DISTRIBUTION_CN.pdf

      Mar. 10:  ASSIGNMENT #1 due by end of lecture

          Mar. 10:  CHAPTER_4_TESTS_FOR_TWO_MEANS_CN.pdf

          Mar. 29:  Review for 2nd Mid-term:  REVIEW_MIDTERM2_CN.pdf

                              Use Problems in the Spring 2010 Exam for Practice:  MidtermExam_2_Spring2010.pdf

                              Check your answers here:  MidtermExam_2_ Spring2010_ANSWERS.pdf

      Mar. 31:  (THURSDAY) SECOND MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring Calculator & 2 Pencils with Erasers

          Apr. 5:   CHAPTER_6_BIVARIATE_REGRESSION_&_CORRELATION_CN.pdf

          Apr. 12:  CHAPTER_8_MULTIPLE_REGRESSION_ANALYSIS_CN.pdf

      Apr. 21:  ASSIGNMENT #2 due by end of lecture

          May 3:   Review for 3rd Mid-term:  REVIEW_MIDTERM3_CN.pdf

                              Use Problems in the Spring 2010 Exam for Practice:  MidtermExam_3_Spring2010.pdf

                              Check your answers here:  MidtermExam_3_ Spring2010_ANSWERS.pdf

      May 5:  (THURSDAY) THIRD MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring Calculator & 2 Pencils with Erasers

      May 13:  (SATURDAY) MAKE-UP EXAM 1:30-2:45 p.m. -- Bring Calculator & 2 Pencils with Erasers

 

DATASETS for Statistics for Social Data Analysis

by Knoke, Bohrnstedt & Mee (2002)

                             (Click, download to PC, then open using WinZip program)

                   2008 GSS Datafile for SPSS: GSS2008.zip

                   2006 GSS Datafile for SPSS: GSS2006.zip

                   1998 GSS Datafile for SPSS: GSS1998.zip

 

           General Social Survey Website: http://www.norc.org/GSS+Website/

 

           GSS Cumulative Codebook 1972-2008: http://publicdata.norc.org:41000/gss/documents//BOOK/2008%20GSS%20Codebook.pdf