SOCY2200 · Sociology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Required for the Sociology major; Offered every semesterThis course is an introduction to statistics utilizing Stata statistical software. Statistical issues covered include measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, random sampling, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, measures of correlation, simple regression, chi-square, and one-way analysis of variance.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.5 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.0 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.5 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
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Student perspective
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May 14, 2024 · Historical comment
Took socyo stats and it was fine. I think the class wasn't super hard until after the midterm when we suddenly had multiple assignments due each week and it got less manageable. Overall not the worst but wouldn't necessarily recommend it. The final exam took people 4 hours also.
Across time
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Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 sectionSpring 2020
1 section