DVM 3170 Quantitative Reasoning for International Development
3 units
International Development and Globalization
Faculty of Social Sciences
Introduction to the use of data and basic statistical analysis in international development. Overview of data, data sources and basic quantitative measures of development: ratios, percentages, index numbers (e.g. human development index and its variants); available measures of national income, inequality, poverty; and basic demographic, health, educational and environmental indicators. Introduction to descriptive statistics, basic inferential statistics, and basic data visualization techniques (mainly using Excel).
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Fall
Winter
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B+ Average (7.130)
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Winter 2022 - A00
B Average (6.414)
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58 students
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