Statistics with computer application -Initial-Course-Information
Statistics with computer application -Initial-Course-Information
Course Description:
This course, Educ 203, is offered every semester as a required class in the Graduate
Program for a total of 3 (three) unit credits. It provides an introduction to statistics as applied in
mathematics education. It will introduce students to basic methodological and statistical issues in
managing and analyzing data using specific and sophisticated computer applications.
There will be emphasis on the basic assumptions underlying statistical concepts and the role of
statistics in the analysis and interpretation of data. Problems in frequency distribution, measures
of location and variation, probability and sampling, tests of hypotheses and significance, linear
regression and correlation will be tackled. In addition, patterns and relationship between variables
and data will be examined. Using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) /JAMOVI and
JASP software, students will calculate needed statistics for reaching correct and sound conclusions
about research hypotheses.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to acquire the following:
1. Learn the language of statistics and research – concepts that frame our knowledge of crime and
deviant behavior, as well as our analysis of causation, methods of sampling, measurement, and
research design.
2. Students will develop a practical grasp of descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency
and variation, co-variation and bivariate distributions), sufficient to create these summaries from
raw data as well as read and understand academic research.
3. Students will develop a secure understanding of the principles of probability, sampling and
inferential statistics, sufficient for statistical reasoning and to employ tests of significance in
standard procedures up to multiple regression, but including t tests, ANOVA, Chi-square and
correlation and Applied Multivariate Analysis.
4. Students will become confident users of the dominant software used for data analysis
(SPSS/JAMOVI./JASP) and able to create and interpret graphical displays of data.
5. Students will learn to be confident users of primary data, able to download and transform those
data sets, and to incorporate their data analysis results into written reports.
6. Students will be prepared to undertake upper-level quantitative courses in social science.
7. Inspire reasonable enthusiasm and creative thinking about the possibilities for the improvement
of justice and safety through statistical analysis and computer technology.
8. Students will apply appropriate statistical concepts, methodologies and technologies in
organizing, analyzing and interpreting various real-world situations and in coming up with relevant
decisions.
Republic of the Philippines
North Eastern Mindanao State University
Tandag City, Surigao del Sur
Telefax No. 086-214-4221/086- 214-2723
www.nemsu.edu.ph
Course Schedule:
Week 1- 4 : Descriptive Statistics (Overview of Statistics: Basic Concepts and Term) and
Data Organization (Visual Displays of Data)
Assessment:
1. Examinations : 40%
2. Requirements : 60% (assignments, attendance, quizzes and Ppt and Outputs)
Required Readings:
Note: This is a tentative syllabus and may be changed as per the needs of the class or at the
discretion of the instructor. It is the responsibility of the students to keep up with any changes
announced.