- 課程代碼
- 40AK40B
- 課程名稱
- 社會統計
- 學分
- 3
- 學期
- 1101
- 單位
- 幼兒保育 (662202)
- 班級
- 日間部四技幼保三B
- 修課人數
- 33 人
- 老師
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楊志宏幼兒保育 (662202) - 課程簡介
This course introduces you to the basics of social statistics – techniques that social scientists use to summarize numeric data obtained from surveys, experiments and censuses and to infer characteristics of a population from sample observations, and how to summarize relationships between variables.
The topic includes frequency distribution, central tendency, variability, probability theory and estimation. You will also learn to how test hypotheses for group differences in means, for association between two variables and for the basics of regression analysis.Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to…
1.Explain basic concepts and develop an understanding of the importance of social statistics.
2.Present and interpret effectively basic descriptive statistics.
3.Be familiar with the concept of statistical inference and comprehend the reasoning behind hypothesis testing using survey data.
4.Understand which statistical test is appropriate for data.- 課程大綱
Week
Date
Topic
Readings
Week 1
Sept. 27
Introduction & Course Overview
Week 2
Oct. 4
Introduction to Statistics and Basic Concepts
Chapter 1 & 2
Week 3
Oct. 11
Holiday
Week 4
Oct. 18
Levels of Measurement
Chapter 2
Week 5
Oct. 25
Organizing and Graphing Data
Chapter 3
Week 6
Nov. 1
Measures of Central Tendency and Variability
Chapter 4
Week 7
Nov. 8
Assignment presentation
Week 8
Nov. 15
Probability and the Normal Distribution
Chapter 6
Week 9
Nov. 22
Mid-term test 1
Week 10
Nov. 29
Sampling and Sampling Distribution
Chapter 7
Week 11
Dec. 6
Estimation
Chapter 7
Week 12
Dec. 13
Hypothesis testing
Chapter 8
Week 13
Dec. 20
Comparison of groups
Chapter 8 & 9
Week 14
Dec. 27
Mid-term test 2
Week 15
Jan. 3
Chi-square Analysis
Chapter 10
Week 16
Jan.10
Bivariate correlation & Regression Analysis
Chapter 11 & 12
Week 17
Jan.17
In-class assignment
Week 18
Jan. 24
FINAL EXAM
- 教科書
Required: 劉弘煌 （2020）。社會統計學：理論與應用（四版）。臺北市：雙葉書廊。
Recommended: Agresti, Alan (2018). Statistical Methods for the Social Science (fifth edition). United Kingdom: Pearson.- 成績說明
To effectively learn statistics, one must use statistics. For that reason, I require students to complete several weekly homework questions. Homework is to be submitted in person the following week, unless instructed to do otherwise. There will be at least 3 weeks of homework exercises assigned.
Students will also be assessed by ONE presentation & couple of in-class assignments. Its content and requirement will be provided the first few weeks of classes.
There are THREE exams in total throughout the entire semester (two mid-term tests in English and one final exam in Chinese).A breakdown of all course requirements is listed as below.
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- Homework 15%
- Assignment 20%
- Mid-term test 1 10%
- Mid-term test 2 10%
- Final exam 30%
- Participation 15%
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- 課表
- 星期一 / 第二節(22-0502), 第三節(22-0502), 第四節(22-0502)
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