Psychology 201 - Statistical Methods for Undergraduate Research

An overview of the statistical methods needed for undergraduate research emphasizing methods for data collection, data description and statistical inference including an introduction to study design, confidence intervals, testing hypotheses, analysis of variance and regression analysis. Techniques for analyzing both quantitative and categorical data are discussed. Applications are emphasized, and students use R and other statistical software for data analysis. This course satisfies the basis requirement for the psychology major. Students who have taken MTH 111 or the equivalent or who have taken AP STAT should take SDS 220, which also satisfies the major requirement. Normally students receive credit for only one of the following introductory statistics courses: PSY 201, ECO 220, SDS 201, SDS 220, SOC 204 or EDC 206. Corequisite: SDS 100 required for students who have not completed SDS 192, SDS 220, SDS 290 or SDS 291. Enrollment limited to 40.

[CE] Statistical Methods limit & ((SDS 192, 201, 220, 290 or 291) or SDS 100 (concurrent only))