Sociology 52 Schedule and Readings Lecture 1, Wednesday, January 11: Topics: Introductions, Overview of the Course Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 2, Friday, January 13: Topics: The Importance of Social Statistics Readings: Best (2001): p 1 – 29. Assignments: Complete Reading Notes Lecture 3, Monday, January 16: No class; Martin Luther King Day Lecture 4, Wednesday, January 18: Topics: The What and Why of Statistics Readings: Ch 1 SSDS: “The What and the Why of Statistics” p 1-20 Assignments: None Lecture 5, Friday, January 20: Topics: Organization of Information: Frequency Distributions Readings: Ch 2 SSDS: “Organization of Information: Frequency Distributions.” p 27-52 Assignments: None Lecture 6, Monday, January 23: Topics: Organization of Information: Frequency Distributions (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment1 Lecture 7, Wednesday, January 25: Topics: Lab 1, The Basics: Getting Familiar with Data, Introduction to SPSS, Levels of Measurement, Univariate Statistics Readings: None Assignments: None 1Lecture 8, Friday, January 27: Topics: Graphical Representations Readings: Ch 3 SSDS: “Graphic Presentation.” p 63-84 Assignments: None Lecture 9, Monday, January 30: Topics: Graphical Representations (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment2 Lecture 10, Wednesday, February 1: Topics: Lab 2, Graphs: How to do them and how not do to them Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 11, Friday, February 3: Topics: Measures of Central Tendency Readings: Ch 4 SSDS: “Measures of Central Tendency.” p 97-124. Assignments: None Lecture 12, Monday, February 6: Topics: Measures of Central Tendency (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment3 Lecture 13, Wednesday, February 8: Topics: Lab 3, Measures of Central Tendency Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 14, Friday, February 10: Topics: Measures of Variability Readings: Ch 5 SSDS: “Measures of Variability.” p 135-164. Assignments: None 2Lecture 15, Monday, February 13: Topics: Measures of Variability (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment4 Lecture 16, Wednesday, February 15: Topics: Lab 4, Measures of Variability Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 17, Friday, February 17: Topics: Review for Midterm #1 Readings: None Assignments: Review Sheet1 Lecture 18, Monday, February 20: Topics: Midterm #1 Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 19, Wednesday, February 22: Topics: No Lab, Go Over Midterm #1 Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 20, Friday, February 24: Topics: Relationships Between Two Variables: Cross-Tabulation Readings: Ch 6 SSDS: “Relationships Between Two Variables: Cross- Tabulation.” p 177-211. Assignments: None Lecture 21, Monday, February 27: Topics: Relationships Between Two Variables: Cross-Tabulation (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment5 3Lecture 22, Wednesday, March 1: Topics: Lab 5, Bivariate Relationships Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 23, Friday, March 3: Topics: Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables Readings: Ch 7 SSDS: “Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables” p 227-249. Assignments: None Lecture 24, Monday, March 6: Topics: Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment6 Lecture 25, Wednesday, March 8: Topics: Lab 6, Measures of Association Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 26, Friday, March 10: Topics: Regression and Correlation Readings: Ch 8 SSDS: “Regression and Correlation.” p 261-296. Assignments: None Lecture 27, Monday, March 13: No Class Spring Break Lecture 28, Wednesday, March 15: No Class Spring Break Lecture 29, Friday, March 17: No Class Spring Break 4Lecture 30, Monday, March 20: Topics: Regression and Correlation (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment7 Lecture 31, Wednesday, March 22: Topics: Lab 7, Regression and Correlation Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 32, Friday, March 24: Topics: Review for Midterm #2 Readings: None Assignments: Review Sheet2 Lecture 33, Monday, March 27: Topics: Midterm #2 Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 34, Wednesday, March 29: Topics: No Lab, Go Over Midterm #2 Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 35, Friday, March 31: Topics: The Normal Distribution Readings: Ch 9 SSDS: “The Normal Distribution.” p 315-335. Assignments: None Lecture 36, Monday, April 3: Topics: The Normal Distribution, (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment8 5Lecture 37, Wednesday, April 5: Topics: Lab 8, The Normal Distribution Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 38, Friday, April 7: Topics: Sampling and Sampling Distributions Readings: Ch 10 SSDS: “Sampling and Sampling Distributions.” p 343-366. Assignments: None Lecture 39, Monday, April 10: Topics: Sampling and Sampling Distributions (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment9 Lecture 40, Wednesday, April 12: Topics: No Lab, Estimation Readings: Ch 11 SSDS: “Estimation.” p 375 – 394. Assignments: None Lecture 41, Friday, April 14: No Class Lecture 42, Monday, April 17: Topics: Estimation (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment10 Lecture 43, Wednesday, April 19: Topics: Lab, 9: Sampling and Estimation. Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 44, Friday, April 21: Topics: Testing Hypotheses Readings: Ch 12 SSDS: “Testing Hypotheses.” p 403 – 432. Assignments: None 6Lecture 45, Monday, April 24: Topics: Testing Hypotheses (Continued) Readings: None Assignments: Assignment11 Lecture 46, Wednesday, April 26: Topics: Lab 10, Testing Hypotheses Readings: None Assignments: None Lecture 47, Friday, April 28: Topics: Review for Final Readings: None Assignments: Review Sheet3 Lecture 48, Monday, May 8: Final Exam 8am-11am