The purpose of this course is to enable public health students to become better critical thinkers by engaging them as active learners of quantitative analytic methods. Through numerous examples, exercises, and activities featuring public health and other real-world data, students will develop the skills necessary to (1) identify, analyze, and solve real-world problems that involve quantitative information; (2) reason quantitatively and make numerical arguments; (3) interpret and communicate the results of quantitative analyses; (4) use technology and internet resources effectively and build skills in working with data; and (5) develop and improve “numerical intuition” and confidence in the ability to engage in quantitative thinking.
"C" or higher in MATH 100.
Internet access, basic familiarity with excel, working computer, basic keyboarding skills.
- Identify, analyze, and solve real-world problems that involve quantitative information.
- Reason quantitatively and make numerical arguments.
- Interpret and communicate the results of quantitative analyses.
- Develop database skills to effectively use internet resources.
- Think quantitatively with confidence by demonstrating numerical intuition.