1. Home
  2. SOCI
  3. SOCI 301: Social Statistics (Rev. C3–C5)

SOCI 301: Social Statistics (Rev. C3–C5) Report a Broken Link

Sociology 301: Social Statistics provides an overview of the uses of statistical analyses for the social sciences. You will learn about statistical reasoning and some of the techniques used to summarize data. In addition, you will learn how to formulate and test hypotheses.

Unit 1

LinkedIn Learning. (2010, December 13). Understanding descriptive and inferential statistics [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edEXEyvG4Wk
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, September 23). Statistic vs parameter & population vs sample [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb9BuEkbaHQ
365 Data Science. (2017, August 11). Population vs sample [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZD1BFfw8E
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, January 5). Qualitative and quantitative [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rUVYWfZOb8
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, January 6). Scales of measurement: Nominal, ordinal, interval, & ratio scale data [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBD49SFpWs
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, January 13). How to make a histogram using a frequency distribution table [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AndS0RLdxtk

Unit 2

mathantics. (2017, March 3). Math antics: Mean, median and mode [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1HEzNTGeZ4
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2017, February 12). Standard deviation formula, statistics, variance, sample and population mean [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk98hiMQgN0
CrashCourse. (2018, May 30). Z-scores and percentiles: Crash course statistics #18 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxyI_XfqXk

Unit 3

Benedict K. (2014, May 1). The correlation coefficient: Explained in three steps [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugd4k3dC_8Y
DecisionSkills. (2015, July 13). How ice cream kills! Correlation vs. causation [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUQSMFGBDo
247 Science. (2017, April 4). INTERACTIVE: Part 1: Identify the independent and dependent variables with the MythBusters! [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0jTMDtX4WY
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2016, August 23). Dependent and independent variables - X or Y - Science & Math - Linear, inverse, quadratic [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afp3jhPNS3g
Metzler, David. (2012, October 9). R squared as a measure of amount of variation explained [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWCm0B3KcXw

Unit 4

Korstanje, Joos. (2019, December 13). 6 ways to test for a normal distribution—which one to use? Towards Data Science. https://towardsdatascience.com/6-ways-to-test-for-a-normal-distribution-which-one-to-use-9dcf47d8fa93
Glen, S. (2015, November 2). Normal distribution definition and properties [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/rBjft49MAO8?si=_B3t0hIlNI_hFwi0
statisticsfun. (2015, April 7). Normalized table: Understand z scores, p values, critical values [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clSz256-JgA
Simple Learning Pro. (2015, November 25). Types of sampling methods (4.1) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTuj57uXWlk
mathantics. (2019, May 15). Math antics: Basic probability [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzfWUEJjG18
Cole’s World of Mathematics. (2017, November 6). How to calculate a Z-score and find a corresponding probability [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09IPqicxEPU

Unit 5

Prof. Essa (2021, July 5). What is a null hypothesis? (alternative hypothesis) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI1EiPh-WsU&ab_channel=Prof.Essa
CrashCourse. (2016, March 28). Karl Popper, science, & pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8 [Video]. YouTube . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Xfl0JdTQ
statisticsfun. (2011, July 26). How to calculate one tail and two tail tests for hypothesis testing [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9u_grPccUs
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, October 2). One tailed and two tailed tests, critical values, & significance level: Inferential statistics [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHPIEp-3yC0
Khan Academy. (2018, January 31). Introduction to Type I and Type II Errors [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdbbx7DIweQ
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, October 1). How to identify Type I and Type II Errors in statistics [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yQm9F2_yIk

Unit 6

Socjourn. (2020, June 18). What is the sampling distribution of means [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/hFXjjjm7Mb0
Socjourn. (2020, June 19). Why is the point estimate the best estimate of the population mean [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/T4wKKYfQLaw
Dr Nic’s Maths and Stats. (2013, March 26). Understanding confidence intervals: Statistics help [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWsuO9f74o
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, October 28). Hypothesis testing problems Z test & t statistics one & two tailed tests 2 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ8e_wAWUzE

Unit 7

Research By Design (2016, August 29). What statistical significance means – Part 1 (8-11) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_bWzoFkGWc
DrKKHewitt. (2012, October 7). Introduction to effect size [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6N6SoOgdy4
statisticsfun. (2011, November 25). How to calculate Cohen d effect size [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTgouKMz-eI
Clapman, Mathew E. (2020, January 19). Statistical power [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leiuxw3BYF8

Unit 8

Socjourn. (2020, June 24). AU Sociology 301—Estimating the Population Variance—Unbiased Estimate [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/5kMdvZt7IoM
Gilbert, James. (2017, October 23). What are Degrees of Freedom? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rATNoxKg1yA
jbstatistics. (2013, May 4). Introduction to the t Distribution (non-technical) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv6nGIgZMVw
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, November 15). Matched or Paired Samples T-Test - Hypothesis Testing [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiQR0lHLe74

Unit 9

Khan Academy. (2018, March 29). Two-sample t test for difference of means | AP Statistics | Khan Academy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkGvw18zlGQ

Unit 10

Khan Academy. (2015, May 26). Constructing a box and whisker plot | Probability and Statistics | Khan Academy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Cx7xuIXig
Khan Academy. (2015, February 12). Interpreting box plots | Data and statistics | 6th grade | Khan Academy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBREri10ZHk
jbstatistics. (2012, November 22). Introduction to One-Way ANOVA [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQ6YppWCeg
Eisenberg, J David. (2011, July 29). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITf4vHhyGpc

Unit 11

The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, November 22). Chi Square Test [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKDqlYSLt68
The Organic Chemistry Tutor. (2019, November 24). Test of Independence Using Chi-Square Distribution [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5nxiL6civU