SOC 3010

Statistics for Sociological Research

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course will introduce students to the theory and mathematics of statistical analysis. Many decisions made by ourselves and others around us are based on statistics, yet few people have a solid grip on the strengths and limitations of these techniques. This course will provide a firm foundation for statistical reasoning and logical inference using probability. While there is math in this course, it is not a math class per se, as a considerable amount of attention is devoted to interpreting statistics as well as calculating them.

Forbidden Overlaps REF-FA25 AEM 2100, BTRY 3010, BTRY 6010, CRP 1200, ENGRD 2700, HADM 2010, HADM 2011, ILRST 2100, ILRST 6100, MATH 1710, PSYCH 2500, PUBPOL 2100, PUBPOL 2101, SOC 3010, STSCI 2100, STSCI 2150, STSCI 2200. In addition, no credit for MATH 1710 if taken after ECON 3130, ECON 3140, MATH 4720, or any other upper-level course focusing on the statistical sciences.

Enrollment Information REF-F25 Enrollment limited to: students in the college of Arts and Sciences.

Distribution Requirements (MQL-AG, OPHLS-AG, SBA-AG), (SDS-AS, SSC-AS)

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

Last 3 terms offered 2024FA, 2022FA, 2021FA

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