SOC 3811 BASIC SOCIAL STATISTICS

FALL 2009 SYLLABUS:  SOC3811_Syllabus_Fall_2009.pdf

 

OFFICE HOURS:

 Professor David Knoke - TUES & THURS 11:15-12:15 or by appointment

 Teaching Assistant Kyungmin Baek - WED 2:00-4:00 or by appointment

 Teaching Assistant Tim Ortyl - TUES 11:15-1:15 or by appointment

 Teaching Assistant Meghan Zacher - THURS 2:15-3:45 or by appointment

 

DOWNLOAD the LAB ASSIGNMENTS:

 

            Due by end of Lecture on Oct. 20: Soc3811_Assignment_1_Fall_2009.pdf

            Due by end of Lecture on Dec. 8:   Soc3811_Assignment_2_Fall_2009.pdf

 

 

DOWNLOAD the COURSE NOTES

(Course Notes packet may be purchased at University bookstore)

 

          Sept. 8:    CHAPTER_1_INTRODUCTION_CN.pdf

          Sept. 10:  CHAPTER_2A_FREQUENCY_DISTRIBUTIONS_CN.pdf

          Sept. 15:  CHAPTER_2B_CENTRAL_TENDENCY_CN.pdf

          Sept. 17:  CHAPTER_2C_MEASURES_OF_DISPERSION_CN.pdf

          Sept. 24:  CHAPTER_2D_STANDARDIZED_SCORES_CN.pdf

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

          Sept. 29:  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

          Oct. 6:  Review for 1st Mid-term:  REVIEW_MIDTERM1_CN.pdf

                              Use Problems in the Spring 2009 Exam for Practice:  MidtermExam_1_Spring2009.pdf

                              Check your answers here:  MidtermExam_1_Spring2009_ANSWERS.pdf

          Oct. 8:  (THURSDAY) FIRST MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring Calculator & 2 Pencils with Erasers

 

          Oct. 13:  CHAPTER_3B_t_DISTRIBUTION_CN.pdf

          Oct. 27:  CHAPTER_4_TESTS_FOR_TWO_MEANS_CN.pdf

          Nov. 3:   CHAPTER_6_BIVARIATE_REGRESSION_&_CORRELATION_CN.pdf

          Nov. 10:  Review for 2nd Mid-term:  REVIEW_MIDTERM2_CN.pdf

                              Use Problems in the Spring 2009 Exam for Practice:  MidtermExam_2_Spring2009.pdf

                              Check your answers here:  MidtermExam_2_Spring2009_ANSWERS.pdf

          Nov. 12:  (THURSDAY) SECOND MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring Calculator & 2 Pencils with Erasers

 

          Nov. 17:  CHAPTER_8_MULTIPLE_REGRESSION_ANALYSIS_CN.pdf

          Dec. 10:   Review for 3rd Mid-term:  REVIEW_MIDTERM3_CN.pdf

                              Use Problems in the Spring 2009 Exam for Practice:  MidtermExam_3_Spring2009.pdf

                              Check your answers here:  MidtermExam_3_Spring2009_ANSWERS.pdf

          Dec. 15:  (TUESDAY) THIRD MID-TERM EXAM -- Bring Calculator & 2 Pencils with Erasers

          Dec. 19:  (SATURDAY) MAKE-UP EXAM 1:30 p.m.-3:15 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

 

           ONLINE CODEBOOK for GSS: http://www.norc.org/GSS+Website/