This survey course introduces students to quantitative social analysis by showing how such techniques are used to examine important social science topics as health, business, education, inequality, family and kinship, careers, crime, migration, and economic, social and political change. For these and other topics, the class presents examples of classic as well recent studies that make exemplary use of data and methods, and which have advanced our understanding of the relevant phenomena. The class will also introduce the major sources of data for quantitative social analysis, with an emphasis on ones that are publicly available. Along the way, students will learn about the differences between the concerns, paradigms, and methodologies of the major social science disciplines. Strengths and limitations of quantitative techniques for the study of social phenomenon will be discussed, as will the relationship of quantitative approaches to other methodologies.