APPLIED STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

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This course covers the basics of descriptive and inferential statistics with applications to psychology and other behavioral sciences. Descriptive statistics topics include frequency distributions, graphs, and measures of central tendency and variability. Inferential statistics topics include standardized distributions, z -scores, probability, sampling distributions, and hypothesis testing. Statistical procedures include t -tests, ANOVA, correlation, regression, and chi -square. Intensive use of statistical so ftware and application of statistics to realistic research questions are key components of the course. Prerequisites: PSYC 201, MATH 110 (minimum grade of C-).