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PAA 502 - Statistics and Quantitative Method for Decision Making

Students with a background in statistics may apply for waiver of requirement.

Course Description: This course teaches the fundamentals of statistic and quantitative methods as applied to public administration. The course is designed to integrate statistical and quantitative methods and decision making. Topics to be included are: basic measurement and experimental design probability and probability distribution, samples and sampling techniques, inference and hypothesis testing, contingency tables, analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and simple and multiple regression analysis. Emphasis will be placed on the applications of these concepts to issues and problems in government, health care, and nonprofit organizations.


3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Tutorial

Public Administration Department

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:     
      Doctoral
      Graduate

Prerequisites:
Graduate level CS 501 Minimum Grade of C