SOC 3811 BASIC SOCIAL STATISTICS

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FALL 2008 SYLLABUS:  SOC3811_Syllabus_Fall_2008.pdf

OFFICE HOURS:

     David Knoke - TU & TH 11:15-12:15

     TA1 -

     TA2 -

     TA3 -

 

DOWNLOAD LAB ASSIGNMENTS:

        Due by end of Lecture on Oct. 14: Soc3811_Assignment1.pdf

        Due by end of Lecture on Dec. 2:  Soc3811_Assignment2.pdf

       

DOWNLOAD the COURSE NOTES (in ".pdf" format)

(Packet including Course Notes may be purchased at the University bookstore):

        Sept.   2:  CHAPTER_1_INTRODUCTION_CN.pdf

        Sept.   4:  CHAPTER_2A_FREQUENCY_DISTRIBUTIONS_CN.pdf

        Sept.   9:  CHAPTER_2B_CENTRAL_TENDENCY_CN.pdf

        Sept. 11:  CHAPTER_2C_MEASURES_OF_DISPERSION_CN.pdf

        Sept. 18:  CHAPTER_2D_STANDARDIZED_SCORES_CN.pdf

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

        Sept. 23:  CHAPTER_3A_INFERENCE_CN.pdf

                 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION DEMO: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Elane/rvls.html

                                 Click "Sampling Distribution Simulation"

                                 Read Instructions, Click "Begin" button

         Sept. 30:  Review for 1st Mid-term: REVIEW_MIDTERM1_2008.pdf

                     Use Problems in the Fall 2005 Exam for Practice: MidtermExam(1)Fall2005.pdf

                             Check your answers here: MidtermExam(1)Fall2005_ANSWERS.pdf

           Oct. 2:  (THURSDAY) FIRST MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring 2 Pencils with Erasers

         Oct.  7:  CHAPTER_3B_t_DISTRIBUTION_CN.pdf

         Oct. 21:  CHAPTER_4_TESTS_FOR_TWO_MEANS_CN.pdf

         Oct. 28:  CHAPTER_6_BIVARIATE_REGRESSION_&_CORRELATION_CN.pdf

          Nov. 4: Review for 2nd Mid-term: REVIEW_MIDTERM2_2008.pdf

                      Use Problems in the Fall 2005 Exam for Practice: MidtermExam(2)Fall2005.pdf

                              Check your answers here: MidtermExam(2)Fall2005_ANSWERS.pdf

        Nov.  6: (THURSDAY) SECOND MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring 2 Pencils with Erasers

        Nov. 11:  CHAPTER_8_MULTIPLE_REGRESSION_ANALYSIS_CN.pdf

        Nov. 27: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

        Dec. 4:  Review for 3rd Mid-term: REVIEW_MIDTERM3_2008.pdf

                     Use Problems in the Fall 2005 Exam for Practice: MidtermExam(3)Fall2005.pdf

                             Check your answers here: MidtermExam(3)Fall2005_ANSWERS.pdf

        Dec.  9: (TUESDAY) THIRD MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring 2 Pencils with Erasers

        Dec. 18: (THURSDAY) MAKE-UP ("Final") EXAM 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

DATASETS for Statistics for Social Data Analysis by Knoke, Bohrnstedt & Mee (2002)

    1998 GSS Portable SPSS Datafile:GSS1998.zip