EPPS3305 - Statistical Modeling for the Social and Policy Sciences

EPPS 3305 Statistical Modeling for the Social and Policy Sciences (3 semester credit hours) This course introduces multivariate modeling of statistical relationships in which outcome or response variables depend on one or more explanatory or predictor variables. It covers linear and non-linear multiple regression for continuous outcome variables, logistic regression for binary outcome variables, and multifactor analysis of variance for quantitative outcome and two or more categorical explanatory variables. Emphasis on understanding the uses and limitations of models, fitting models to data and interpreting results, assessing and diagnosing models, and using models for statistical inference. Prerequisite: EPPS 2302 or EPPS 2303 or equivalent. (3-0) R