Course Entry Form

CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM

Author: Laura Wait/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 08/27/2015 11:13 AM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date: 05/12/2015
Modified: 09/12/2018
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Course Number: (prefix) SOC (number) 281424 ESC 2.0 Course number: SOSC-2010 SOSC-2010Statistics for the Social Sciences

Name: Statistics for the Social Sciences
Datatel Title: (30char) Statistics for Social Sciences

Area Coordinator: Dee Britton Department Code: 10SO Team: Social

Liberal Study? YES Level: LOWER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year: January 2016

GenEd Area 1: 1. Mathematics	Fully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2:	Fully or Partially:

Pre-registration Information?

Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views) Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1	Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views) Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1
First Term Offered: 2016SP (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP) Last Term Offered in Print Version: Title Changes: Effective 9/12/18 changed Dept code from Kelly Cattron 10PY to Dee Britton 10SO. CDL catalog updated 9/12/18. Bob Perilli updating new catalog. LWait Effective SP1 2017 - title changed from Social Science Statistics TO: Statistics for the Social Sciences. AC Changes: Changed from Jordan Wright 10PS TO Kelly Cattron 10PY effective fall '17 term. Catalog updated 6/27/17. LWait Gen Ed to be submitted in Sept '15. Received approval 9/25/15. Course being offered first time in Jan '16. LWait
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Description: This course enables students to understand and apply statistical techniques as applied to social science research questions, using statistics to understand social phenomena. The course will present a foundation for when, how, and why different statistical techniques are utilized to answer social research questions. Course content will include descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as measurements of association between variables, and SPSS software will be utilized to conduct statistical analyses.

Prerequisites: The completion of a course in social science research methods is strongly encouraged before taking this course. Also, completion of a college-level algebra course is strongly recommended.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Mathematics.

NOTE: This course was previously offered as Social Science Statistics. Students who have taken 281424 should not take Statistics for the Social Sciences.

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Major Course Area Human Development, Social Science	Minor Course Area Human Services, Math and Quantitative Studies, Psychology, Sociology	SLN Disciplines Social Science
Additional Course Requirements		Undergrad Certificate Association:

3

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genedcode for dpplanner: 1^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Mathematics