Course schedule for the Policy Analysis Certificate Program, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies - Northwestern School of Professional Studies
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MPPA 405-DL : Statistics for Research
Description
This course teaches students the fundamentals of measuring
political data, summarizing observations, and analyzing contingency
tables. Descriptive statistics, including central tendency,
dispersion, and data display; probability; distributions, including
binomial and normal; inference, including confidence intervals and
hypothesis testing; correlation; bivariate regression; contingency
tables and chi-square. MPPA core course. Students will do homework
using SPSS, a statistical software package. SPSS is installed in
some Northwestern computer labs and can be rented (downloaded to
your personal computer)from https://estore.onthehub.com. The
Graduate Pack 23 is sufficient for class.
