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PSY 261 - Introduction to Statistics

Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters

Examines statistical techniques as used in the behavioral sciences. Topics include: descriptive statistics - measures of central tendency and variability; inferential statistics - principles of hypothesis testing, z test, t test, simple ANOVA, correlation and introduction to regression, and chi square. Statistical analysis software complements use of computational formulae.

Prerequisite(s): Only open to Psychology, Neuroscience, and Interdisciplinary Health Science majors.
Fulfills the Statistical Reasoning requirement.