School of Public Policy 608 - Int Statistcl Meth
Spring
2026
01
4.00
Michael Ash
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
82309
Dickinson Hall room 216
mash@econs.umass.edu
Introduction to basic statistics including use and interpretation of statistics used in policy research. Topics include statistical methods, descriptive statistics, probability theory, analysis of tabular data, correlation and regression, and multiple regression.
Open to Masters Public Policy & Admin (MPPA), Public Affairs (MPA) and Public Policy (MPP) students only. Open to Graduate MPPA, MPA, MPP majors only, and others by instructor permission.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.