This course introduces the basic concepts and assumptions of quantitative reasoning, with a focus on using modern data science techniques and real-world data to answer key questions in sociology. It examines how numbers, counting, and statistics produce expertise, authority, and the social categories through which we define social reality. This course avoids advanced mathematical concepts and proofs.
[SOCA05H3 or (SOCA03Y3) or [(SOCA01H3) and (SOCA02H3)]] or [any 4.0 credits and enrolment in the Major Program in Public Law] or enrolment in the Certificate in Computational Social Science.
