Multivariate analysis aims to summarize and describe patterns among multiple observed characteristics. This course provides a theoretical introduction and practical skills to carry out multivariate analysis methods such as cluster analysis, principal components, factor analysis, and latent class analysis.
Prerequisites: SOC 504-505-506 or equivalent
For inquiries, please contact Elena Erosheva at erosheva@uw.edu.
Discover the detailed social, economic, and housing statistics that the American Community Survey (ACS) provides for every community every year. You will learn about basics of the yearly estimates and datasets produced from the ACS, resources available on census.gov/acs, and how to access ACS data products through a variety of tools, with special emphasis on American FactFinder.
Join the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) fellows as they present the findings from this summer’s ten-week intensive DSSG program. The fellows and their mentors have been working diligently to come up with solutions to urban-focused issues related to poverty, transportation, unsafe food, and much more.
CSDE Affiliate and UW associate professor of Sociology Alexes Harris continues catching eyes with her research on the troubling role fines play in the criminal justice system. Her findings, chronicled and explained in A Pound of Flesh, have far-reaching social implications. They suggest that the current fee system is capable of instigating and worsening violent interactions between police and civilians, particularly civilians of color. The latest media outlet to take note is none other than The New Yorker–check out their apt write-up below.