INQ-240 | Social Justice

Full Title: Statistical Reasoning for Social Justice

Topic Description:

What is racism? What is ethnic diversity? Can these concepts, and others like them, be measured quantitatively? If so, how do we determine if there is a significant difference between the behavior of one group when compared to another? What does it mean for a difference to be “significant?” We will learn the methodologies of modern statistics and use them to address these questions. Each student will have the opportunity to select and analyze a potential social justice issue from on campus or in the surrounding community.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: April 2009