SOCI 3280: Quantitative Methods
Spring, 2016
GAB, Rm 550A, 6:00pm-8:50
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****Second Homework Assignment: ****
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****Fourth Homework Assignment: ****
1. Please feel free to work with others as you try to find the correct answers to the homework. However, be sure to prepare and turn in your own work so it is clear you have not simply copied the work and answers of someone else.
2. In order to obtain full credit, be sure to show how you arrived at your answers (show the math you did).
3. no homework will be accepted late or untyped (with the exception of tables and formulas)
CLASS LECTURES:
Material for Chapters 1 - 5
Homework 1, Due September 12
Chapter 1: Science and Statistics
Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency
Chapter 5: Measures of Variability
(not responsible for pages 135-138)Chapters for Test 2:
Chapter 6: The Normal Curve
(not responsible for reading pages 181-188)
Chapter 7: Sampling and Sampling Distribution
(not responsible for reading pages 216 - 236)
Chapters for Test 3:
Chapter 8: Estimation
(not responsible for book material on pages 253 - 256 but are responsible for similar material covered in class)
Chapter 9: Testing Hypotheses
How to Perform and Interpret t-tests
(not responsible for book material on bottom of page 283 to top 286 but are responsible for similar material covered in class; when calculating/performing a t-test, you will be responsible for all material covered in class including calculating/performing a t-test)
MATERIALS FOR TEST 4:
Chapter 9: Know the steps for Testing Hypotheses
Conducting and Interpreting t-tests
Explaining one and two group t-tests
Chapter 10: Crosstabulations and Elaboration
Chapter 11: Test of Statistical Significance and Measures of Association
Chapter 13: Bivariate Regression and Correlation
(not responsible for book material on bottom on pages 370 - 373 but are responsible for similar material covered in class)