ADM1326 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
| Course Code: | 3101326 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. SÜLEYMAN KÜRŞAT ÇINAR |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic statistical concepts and methods of analysis commonly used in social science research, and also to get them familiar with SPSS, a statistical software package for recording, manipulating and analyzing quantitative data.
Course Content
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts and methods of statistics. Issues to be covered are data collection, measurement of central tendency and variability, probability and distribution, estimation, and simple regression and correlation.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
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appreciate the role of statistical methods in social science research
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develop skills in presenting quantitative data using appropriate displays, tabulations and summaries
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understand the role of statistical methods in quantifying variation, setting confidence limits, and testing hypotheses
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select and use appropriate statistical methods in univariate and bivariate analyses with the help of SPSS
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understand and interpret output from statistical analyses
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution