| Date |
Description
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Text / Readings
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| Class #1 |
Descriptive Statistics (Central Tendency, Mean, Median, Mode,
Dispersion, Range, Frequency
Distribution, Percentile, Standard Deviation)
Levels of Measurement: Review
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| Class #2 |
"Catch Up"
Continuing with Descriptive Statistics
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Lehmann & Zeitz: Chapter 1, 2, 4
Weinbach & Grinnell: Chapter 1, 2 (pp.
20–29), 3, 4
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| Class #3 |
Graphic and Tabular Presentation of Data
Uses of Graphic Presentation and Descriptive Statistics in
Social Work Research
Ethical Issues in
Graphic Presentation of Information
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Homework #1
Due
Week
#2 Handouts
Weinbach & Grinnell: Chapter 2, pp. 29-38)
Lehmann & Zeitz: Chapter 3, 5, 6 & Appendix A
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| Class #4 |
Inferential Statistics: Making Inferences from Samples to Populations
The Logic of Hypothesis Testing
Levels of Measurement and the Selection of Appropriate Statistical Tests
Tests of Statistical Significance:
T-test
Type I and Type II Errors – Statistical Power
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Homework
#2 Due
Weinbach & Grinnell: Chapters 5, 6, 7, 10
Week #4 Handouts
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Qualitative Data Analysis
Chi Square
(Nonparametric strategies)
Spearman r
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Homework #3 Due
Week #5 Handouts
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Tests of Statistical Significance: Scatterplots and Correlational Analysis
Regression Analysis
Analysis of Variance
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Homework #4 Due
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Review: Selecting Appropriate Statistical Tests
Computer Analysis of Data Using Tests of Statistical Significance
Interpretation of Statistical Analysis of Data
Diversity in Statistics
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Homework #5 Due
Reserve Reading
Research Paper Example
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