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Talking Numbers: How Statistics Tell us Society's Story
Instructors at the Pensacola Junior College use this course to explain how social scientists use statistics to understand and explain theoretical concepts. Sociologists provide a cultural context for data and then illustrate how statistical equations use seemingly irrelevant mathematical concepts to measure and compare the behavior and trends of groups of people according to major categories: gender, race, class, religion, etc. Students can then understand how such statistical concepts are essential for quantifying and theorizing about society at large. Students and instructors can both explore this class, its syllabus, and the pertinent reading lists.
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- Material Type:
- Reference Material
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- August 3, 2016
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- August 3, 2016
- Author:
- Spencer, Sharon Jo, American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
- Submitter:
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Barbra Bied Sperling
