Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration
MPPA 405-0 OR MPPA 405-DL
( Core Course ) Elementary Statistics for Research
This course teaches students the fundamentals of measuring political data, summarizing observations, and analyzing contingency tables. Descriptive statistics, including central tendency, dispersion, and data display; probability; distributions, including binomial and normal; inference, including confidence intervals and hypothesis testing; correlation; bivariate regression; contingency tables and chi-square. MPPA core course. Beginning in spring 2006, students will do homework using SPSS, a statistical software package. SPSS is installed in some Northwestern computer labs and can be rented (downloaded to your personal computer) for six months from www.e-academy.com. The software is called SPSS 14 for Windows Career Starter. MPPA and MPPA distance learning program core course.
