SOC 304 Data Analysis

Caner Doan, Spring 2016

Email: cdogan@boun.edu.tr

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course consists of two parts. In the first part we will study conventional statistical
techniques used in data analysis. We will start with a quick summary of basic descriptive
statistics, followed by a more rigorous review of topics in inferential statistics, i.e. one
sample, independent samples hypothesis testing, Chi Square and one-way ANOVA. This part
of the course will end with the study of the following topics: Linear Regression, Logistic
Regression, Two-Way ANOVA, and Measuring Association in Crosstabs. For computer
applications we will use SPSS.
The second part of the course focuses on Correspondence and Cluster Analyses, which are
used to explore, detect, and decipher connections and latent relationships in categorical
data sets.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Attendance and participation: Attendance is mandatory. I will also use your in-class participation
performance in final letter grading, particularly if your overall numerical score is close to a letter
grade cutoff.
Midterm.%25
Lab Midterm................%25
Final Project............%35
Homeworks..%10
Attendance..%5

COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK 1 FEB 11-12: Univariate descriptive statistics, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion,
Comparing group means

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 5 and CH. 6.

WEEK 2 FEB 18-19: Univariate Graphs, Analyzing Distributions, Crosstabs

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 7 and CH. 8.

WEEK 3 FEB 25-26: Bivariate Graphs: Clustered Bar Charts, Scatterplots

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 9.

WEEK 4 MAR 3-4: Introduction to Inferential Statistics, Sampling Distribution, Hypothesis Testing

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 10, CH. 11

WEEK 5 MAR 10-11: One Sample t-Test, Independent Samples t-Test

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 12, CH. 14

WEEK 6 MAR 17-18: One-Way ANOVA

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 15

WEEK 7 MAR 24-25: Correlation and Linear Regression, Regression Assumptions Diagnostics

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 20, CH. 21, CH. 22

WEEK 8 MAR 31- APR 1: Multiple Regression Analysis and Assumption Diagnostics

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 23, CH. 24

WEEK 9 APR 7-8: IN-CLASS AND LAB MIDTERMS

WEEK 10 APR 14-15: Measuring Association in Crosstabs

Norusis, Marija. 2006. Guide to Data Analysis, PASW Statistics 14, CH. 19

APR 21-22 SPRING BREAK

WEEK 11 APR 28-29: Cluster Analysis

Shennan, Stephen. 1997. Quantifying Archeology, CH. 11

Norusis, Marija. Cluster Anaysis Chapter (In Dropbox)

WEEK 12 MAY 5-6: Correspondence Analysis

Shennan, Stephen. 1997. Quantifying Archeology, CH. 12

WEEK 13 MAY 12-13: Combined use of Cluster and Correspondence Analysis, Exercises with SPSS
FINAL PROJECT DUE ON MAY 13!!!