193 – Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Section on Statistical Education
Developing a Second Course in Statistics for Students in the Social Sciences
Sharon J. Lane-Getaz
St. Olaf College
The question is often asked among statistics educators, "What should we teach after the introductory course?" The objective for this paper is to describe the development, implementation and evaluation of a second course in statistics designed to meet the needs of students in social science disciplines. This "Intermediate Statistics for Social Research" course was developed collaboratively with input from professors in social science disciplines and a student double majoring in Mathematics and Psychology. The course topics are unique at an undergraduate level addressing measurement, design, and analysis, including: ANOVA designs, Classical Test Theory, Principal Components Analysis (PCA), and Exploratory Factory Analysis (EFA). Students explored three essential questions: "How do we reliably measure something?," "How do we design valid research?," and "How do we analyze research?".
