Course Descriptions
Research
RES 7105
Statistics for Research
3 credits
This course provides a survey of statistical techniques to support doctoral research in business and the social sciences. Basic statistical concepts will be reviewed, and the student will be introduced to methods of organizing, interpreting, and presenting quantitative data. Students will gain an understanding of which statistical methods are appropriate for analyzing different research datasets, and how to develop proper statistical interpretations from those analyses. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, probability distributions, sampling and sampling distributions, testing for significance, multiple regression, and regression analysis.
Prerequisite(s): LDR 7000