Elementary Statistics 4.0 UNITS

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Prerequisite: Courses taught at the level of Intermediate Algebra with a grade of "C" or higher or "Pass" or equivalent or appropriate placement based on the college’s multiple measures process. This course emphasizes the calculation and interpretation of the basic statistical measures, with major emphasis upon the meaning, limitations, and applicability of statistical procedures. It is intended for majors and minors in the behavioral sciences, especially in psychology and sociology. The course will include the theory of parametric and non-parametric statistical methods and its application to psychological data. Topics will include descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions, statistical inference and power, linear correlation and regression, chi-square, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance. Application of statistical software to psychological data is required.