Quantitative Reasoning and Statistics

Summer 2019 First Session

Tacoma

Day

Freshman - Senior

Class Size: 20

Credits per quarter

Taught by

Tyrus Smith

Environmental studies, public policy

This course will explore the interdisciplinary use of quantitative reasoning and statistics to analyze social and environmental topics. Course content will focus on increasing students understanding of quantitative research design, specifically the methods and procedures for data collection and analysis. Within this context, students will demonstrate the ability to analyze quantitative information presented in research articles and media publication, and correctly calculate and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics. This will include learning how to select and apply appropriate statistical tests. The statistical techniques introduced in this course include Chi-Square, correlation and regression analysis.