<p>Hi, I’m a UCLA undergrad, and currently planning to apply for UCLA’s MLIS program, but I just need a bit of clarification. They said that I need to take a statistics course, which has to cover descriptive and inferential statistics. Which course are they talking about? Can it just be any statistics course, such as Stat 10, or something else?</p>
<p>Also, if it’s possible, could anyone tell me about other schools that have a good MLIS program? Thanks beforehand.</p>
<p>Most courses in statistics cover both descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, z-scores) and inferential statistics (ANOVA, correlation, regression, t-tests). Descriptive statistics are statistics that you use to describe a population, whereas inferential statistics can be used to compare and make inferences about the differences between groups/populations or people.</p>
<p>So you can take a Stat 10 class in the statistics department, but you could also take introductory statistics in the psychology department (or another social science department) which will also cover those topics.</p>
<p>Another California school with a good MLIS/MLS programs are San Jose State. Other top-ranked MLIS programs in general are at UIUC, UNC-Chapel Hill, UW-Seattle, Syracuse, Michigan, Rutgers, UT-Austin, Indiana, Simmons College, Drexel, UMaryland and Pittsburgh. U.S. News maintains a ranking list, and while I wouldn’t say that it should be taken precisely (as there are a lot of other factors in choosing a program) it’s a good starting point to look at relative quality of programs if you don’t take the actual numerical position too seriously (i.e., there’s no reason that UIUC is definitely better than UNC for all students, but it’s probably reasonably to conclude that UIUC and UNC are better - but not necessarily by much - than the University of South Carolina or University of Oklahoma. Still, there may be very good reasons a student would choose USC or OU over the former two.)</p>
<p>The entire list is here: [Best</a> Library Information Science Programs | Top Library Information Science Programs | US News Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-library-information-science-programs/library-information-science-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-library-information-science-programs/library-information-science-rankings)</p>
<p>And this from the ALA may be of interest: [How</a> to Choose a Library Science School | American Library Association](<a href=“http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/librarycareerssite/whatyouneedchooseschool]How”>How to Choose a Library Science School | Education & Careers)</p>