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PSY255

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Intro to Statistical Analysis

Social SciencesSchool of Humanities/Social Sciences

Learning Objectives

Course Objective

Program Objective and/or
Collegewide Student Competency

1.      Identify the basic statistics involved in the psychological research

3. Describe the application of ethical standards to evaluate psychological science

1.Think critically

2.      Identify, organize, and define the terms, concepts, and principles of research designs and appropriate statistical analyses

1. Describe and apply psychological principles 8.Apply scientific reasoning

3.      Compute and present various descriptive statistics

2. Demonstrate critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and apply the scientific approach to solving problems

3. Apply quantitative reasoning

4.      Compute and present various inferential statistics

2. Demonstrate critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and apply the scientific approach to solving problems

3. Apply quantitative reasoning

5.      Compute and present various correlational statistics

2. Demonstrate critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and apply the scientific approach to solving problems

3. Apply quantitative reasoning

6.      Compute and present various non-parametric statistics.

2. Demonstrate critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and apply the scientific approach to solving problems

3. Apply quantitative reasoning

7.      Use the critical value tables for significance

2. Demonstrate critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and apply the scientific approach to solving problems

3.Apply quantitative reasoning

8.      Use SPSS and/or other statistical software to create graphical representations of data

4. Communicate effectively in a variety of forms.

5.Use current technology effectively