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Quantitative Reasoning Skills
Quantitative Reasoning Skills
  • Work as confidently with numbers as with words and language
  • Solve numerical and qualitative problems
  • Understand what formulas to apply
  • Analyze and interpret statistical reports & information
At Dickinson
  • Students are required to complete a quantitative course which will prepare them for further study or research in their field of study
  • Students learn to use computer-based statistical analysis packages in the social sciences
  • Students in economics classes study mathematical reasoning and statistical inference
  • Math majors can delve into complex mathematical analysis
What Our Alumni Say…
“My math classes, as well as some computer and business classes, have helped me directly in performing my job.”
Mathematics major; Health Care Finance Adminstrator

“The Games, Graphs, & Models course was applicable to daily life, and it was not built on theory alone. It was also extremely challenging and the professor was great.”
Political Science Major; PR consultant