Information Package / Course Catalogue
Statistics in Social Sciences
Course Code: SOS335
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

This course is aimed at giving the students some skill to make quantitative analysis and teaching the concepts and practices relating to descriptive and inferential statistics.

Course Content

In this course it is focused on the basic statistical concepts used in social sciences and statistical technic and tests used in quantitative data analysis. This course contains the techniques relating to descriptive and inferential statistics.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Emin Baki ADAŞ
Learning Outcomes
1.Some skill to make quantitative analysis
2.To learn basic statistical indicators
3.To be able to read statististical and quantitaive data
4.To intrepret statistical data and analysis
5.To be able to make statistical analysis at basic level
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Çakır, F. 2000. Sosyal Bilimlerde İstatistik. İstanbul: Alfa Basım Yayım.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The role and significance of statistics in research process
Week 2 - Theoretical
Variable and ve Measuring Level
Week 3 - Theoretical
Depicting the data:Frequency Distribution and Graphics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Indicators of Central Tendency
Week 5 - Theoretical
Indicators of distribution:Ranj, Interquartile Ranj and Variance
Week 6 - Theoretical
Indicators of distribution:Standart Deviation
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Concept of Normal Distribution and it’s properties
Week 8 - Theoretical
Standart Score ve Z-distribution
Week 9 - Theoretical
Inferential Statistics:Sample, Universe and Sample Distribution
Week 10 - Theoretical
Estimating the Parameter of Universe: Confidence Interval
Week 11 - Theoretical
Hypothesis Testing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Bivariate Analysis: Crosstab
Week 13 - Theoretical
Correlation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Simple Regression
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026