Data Analysis for Social Work

This course is for social work majors who have not been exposed to statistical analysis. The course deals primarily with descriptive (i.e., summarizing and describing major characteristics of collected data) and inferential statistics (i.e., making predictions or inferences about the likelihood that relationships between variables within the data set also exist beyond the data collected). It prepares students to be knowledgeable consumers of social research by exposing them to the tools needed to appreciate, interpret, use, and integrate statistics within the practice of social work. Offered fall and spring semesters.