3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Lower Division
An introduction to the development and application of statistical, quantitative, and measurement techniques pertinent to the psychological sciences. Fundamental concepts of numerical assignment, sampling theory, distribution functions, experimental design, inferential procedures, and statistical control. Should be taken at Purdue University, West Lafayette.
Learning Outcomes1Understand basics of descriptive statistics and how to calculate them.
2Understand foundational logic underlying inferential statistics (probability, sampling distributions, and the logic of hypothesis testing).
3Understand statistical techniques used to evaluate competing hypotheses as used in psychology and other social sciences, and the circumstances under which they should be used.
4Understand how to interpret results from SPSS, a software package that is commonly used in the field of psychology for statistical analysis.
5Understand how to apply statistical reasoning and how to properly collect, describe, and interpret data.
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