318.611.01 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR POLICY MAKING II
Department:
Health Policy and Management
Term: 2nd term
Credits: (3 credits)
Contact: Judy Holzer
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructor:
- Michael Giandrea
Description:
Introduces the basic concepts and methods of statistics as applied to public policy analysis. Demonstrates methods of exploring, organizing and presenting data, and introduces measures of central tendencies, correlation, analysis of variance, and multivariate analysis. Introduces and employs the statistical package STATA, as well as Microsoft Excel to manipulate data and prepare students for the remaining course work in the sequence.
Student Evaluation: Problem sets (20%); take-home midterm (20%); two in-class quizzes (10% each) and final exam (40%)
Location: Baltimore
Final grade applies to all terms
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Maximum: 30
Enrollment Restriction: undergraduates are not permitted.
Instructor Consent:
For consent, contact: jholzer@jhpsh.edu
Prerequisite:
318.610
Auditors Allowed: No
Grading Restriction: Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
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Special Comments: This course will be taught on the Homewood campus.