Applied Statistics

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, margin of error, and the visual representation of statistical data. The emphasis in this course is on developing a conceptual knowledge of how statistics are used in psychological research, applied psychology, and everyday life. The student will learn about many of the commonly used statistical tests in psychological research such as t-tests, ANOVA, correlation, regression, and chi-square are along with their interpretation. The application of these concepts to experimental psychological research, applied psychology, and everyday life will be explored in this class.