Students are encourage to work with each other on any learning activity presented in class. Students will write a variety of documents. Students will learn to express statistical concepts in written form. Many of the activities and all exams require a written response from students in addition to performing calculations and carrying statistical procedures. In addition, a midterm and final project are required.
Students apply hypothesis testing methods to test beliefs regarding a question of interest.
Students write a description of the project, the hypothesis tests, and their conclusions using a format derived from research articles in social science journals. Students will understand quantitative problems. Students will learn how to analyze and interpret quantitative information, to use statistical thinking, and to communicate using the language of statistics. Every topic in statistics has an associated set of formulas and procedures. Activities are designed to teach procedures to students, such as the calculation of the standard deviation and correlation coefficient, or procedures for setting up a two-sample hypothesis test for a difference between means.