SOCS 3105: SOCIAL STATISTICS LAB for SOCS3305.

002
2006 Fall

Section Day Start End Room

002 F 11:00 a.m. 11:50 a.m. CN1.304
501 R 7:00 p.m. 7:50 p.m. CN1.304

OBJECTIVES
The social statistics lab is created to encourage discussion of the lectures in the social statistics class and to provide
assistance to students for questions on homework problems.

GRADES
Your grade is solely dependent on your attendance and your non-stop presence in the classroom. Leaving during
the lab session will result in an absence for that lab session. The grade in the lab is worth one hour and will be
recorded separately from your class grade on the grade report. Final grades will be determined by the professor of
the class, given the class rolls received from the Lab instructor at the end of every lab session. Make sure you sign
in for every class.

Any questions about homework assignments must be asked of the Lab instructor first BEFORE the Professor will
provide more detail about them. Lab instructor will not have access to the exams before the exams are given.

A – Attend 10-12 lab sessions, on time and from beginning to end

B – Attend 8-9 lab sessions, on time and from beginning to end
C – Attend 6-7 lab sessions, on time and from beginning to end
D – Attend 4-5 lab sessions, on time and from beginning to end
F – Attend less than 4 lab sessions, on time and from beginning to end

REQUIREMENTS
The requirements for this class are:
(1) to be registered for 3305 Introduction to Social Stats during the fall term.
(2) to be respectful of the Lab instructor and others during lab session discussions and homework reviews

There is no separate text book required for this class. Please remember to bring your calculators to all lab sessions.

PLEASE NOTE: For full credit, you must attend the lab section you are registered for. You will NOT receive
credit for attending any other lab sections. Once you have enrolled, you cannot change lab sections at any time
during the semester.

Schedule:
Lab Topic
1 Normative vs. Empirical Statements
2 Research Design
3 Scale Types and Writing Hypothesis
4 Studying Bibliography
5 Excel I
6 Excel II
7 Central Tendency & Variability
8 Probability and Z-score
9 Crosstabulation: Chi-square and other non-parametric tests
10 Comparing Groups: T-tests
11 Comparing Groups: ANOVA
12 Bivariate Regression
13 Multivariate Regression