Quantitative Analysis

Catalog description

This course provides students with the analytical skills they need to understand and use the myriad of data, from many different sources with many different intended outcomes, which are central to understanding the issues of urban sustainability. Students will learn how to use statistical methods, gain experience interpreting and analyzing different data sets (demographic, social-economic, environmental-scientific, financial, geographic, etc.), and develop a critical understanding of how data is used in decision-making. Students will be able to make inferences from one type of data to another in order to provide high- level analysis on topics that require an understanding of data from multiple sources and disciplines. For example, student might be asked to connect air quality data to the incidence of children\2019s asthma rates in poor inner city neighborhoods, and further to look at land use and building condition maps of those same neighborhoods to understand the additional risk presented by poor building conditions and the incidence of mold and lead paint clustered in particular parts of the community. Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Arts & Sciences Race, Intersect, Gender & Soci