Goucher College 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Sep 28, 2024  
Goucher College 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PSY 200 - Statistical Methods in Psychology (4 Cr.)

(GEN. ED. #5) (LER-MR)
An introduction to and critical examination of statistical and quantitative methods as applied in psychology and related fields. Exploratory, descriptive, and inferential concepts, techniques, and applications are considered including frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, variability and correlation, parameter estimation, and hypothesis testing (binomial tests, t-tests, analyses of variance, chi square, and selected non-parametric approaches). Statistical packages such as SPSS for Windows will be introduced and used throughout the course. Prerequisites: PSY 111  and  , or  , or  , or permission of the instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Ghirardelli.