This course is designed to teach introductory concepts in statistics as applied in the social sciences, particularly education. The course will provide a basic understanding of commonly used statistics to prepare students for more advanced statistics courses. Students will learn both conceptual and technical aspects of location and dispersion measures, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing, z-tests, t-tests and analysis of contingency tables. Proficiency with algebra is helpful; however, no mathematics beyond algebra will be taught in this course.
Education
作为一门学科，教育学是一门研究教育现象及其规律的社会科学，通过对教育现象、教育问题的研究来揭示教育的一般规律。作为一类专业，教育学包括教育理论的研究（如“教育学”专业）和教育活动的实践（如师范类专业）。此外，教育学作为一门综合性学科，与社会科学其他领域常有交叉，衍生出交叉方向。教育学类专业的学习内容一般包括教育哲学、教育技术学、教育社会学、教育心理学、教育管理学、教育经济学等。
