BASIC STATISTICS FOR PSYCHOLOGY

EDPSYCH 760

Introductory descriptive statistics and statistical inference; measures of central tendency and variability, confidence intervals, theory of hypothesis testing, correlation techniques.

PSYCH 602

Principles of psychological measurement and test theory, including reliability, validity, and test construction. Introduction to correlation, multiple regression, factor analysis, and other data analytic principles.

STAT 601

Provides a thorough grounding in modern statistical methods. The specific learning outcomes for the course are to understand data collection in context (how/why data were collected, key questions under study); explore data by effective graphical and numerical summaries; understand probability concepts and models as tools for studying random phenomena and for statistical inference; analyze data using appropriate, modern statistical models, methods, and software; understand the statistical concepts underlying methods; develop the ability to interpret results and critically evaluate the methods used; communicate data analysis and key findings in context.

STAT 301

Distributions, measures of central tendency, dispersion and shape, the normal distribution; experiments to compare means, standard errors, confidence intervals; effects of departure from assumption; method of least squares, regression, correlation, assumptions and limitations; basic ideas of experimental design.

EDPSYCH 761

Analysis of variance and covariance, multiple linear regression; chi-square and various nonparametric techniques.