PSYC 3435 - Statistics and Methods I

Three hours lecture. Two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.

A study of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Topics include central tendency, dispersion, graphical displays of data, probability distributions for discrete and continuous variables, frequency distributions, percentiles, null hypothesis testing, power, effect sizes, type I and type II errors, one and two-tailed tests, sampling distributions, chi square, correlation and regression. Students must pass both lab and lecture components of course with a minimum of C grade in order to pass the overall course. This course is for Psychology majors only.

Prerequisites: MATH 1302 or MATH 1321 or equivalent with a C or better.