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QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
Country - Partner Institution - Programs: Ghana - University of Ghana, Legon - 'Univ. of Ghana'
UC Course SubjectSociology
Number & Suffix: 100
Full UC Title: QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH 
Transcript Title: QUAN SOC RESEARCH 
UC QTR Units - Division: 4.0 - Upper Division 
Course Description: This course provides the knowledge and application of statistical methods in social research. Topics include populations and samples; frequency tables and graphs; measures of central tendency (mode, median, mean); distributions (variability, sampling means); inference (the normal curve, t distribution, chi-square distribution); standard error of estimates; hypothesis testing and interval estimation; the t’s distribution and unbiased estimates; confidence interval using the t distribution; the chi-square test for fit and independence; the regression model; calculating the slope and Y intercept; estimating the regression line; using the regression equation for prediction; correlation as a descriptive technique and as inferential statistics. 
Language of Instruction: English
 
Partner Title: QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH 
Partner University Department: Sociology 
Partner University Course Number: SOCI326