Course Description
Advanced use of software designed for data access, data management, statistical computing, and graphical presentation.
Athena Title
QUAN MTH HED II LAB
Pre or Corequisite
ERSH 8320
Corequisite
EDHI 8920
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
In this course students will learn to: 1. Use the Stata statistical software program (or equivalent) to manage datasets constructed from different secondary sources. 2. Master model development and testing. 3. Develop facility in programming more complex data management functions and statistical analyses. 4. Understand effective use of statistical summaries and graphical displays of complex models.
Topical Outline
1. Use of web-based tools for accessing and manipulating publicly available secondary datasets. 2. Assessing the quality of data. 3. Programming more complex routines. 4. Model building and testing. 5. Statistical summaries of complex relationships. 6. Effective use of graphical displays of complex relationships. 7. Developing effective presentations based on quantitative analyses.