Psychological Statistics

This course is a part of:

Associate of Paralegal Studies

Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies

Bachelor of Business Administration

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

In this course, students will learn the principles of descriptive and inferential statistics and apply them to psychological research. Topics include measures of central tendency and variability, standardized distributions, hypothesis testing and t-tests, analysis of variance, correlation and regression.

Course Learning Outcomes

• Differentiate between descriptive, inferential and correlational statistics

• Determine which statistical methods to apply to different research questions

• Calculate, interpret and report with and without statistical software (SPSS, Excel):

  Measures of central tendency

  Inferential tests (t-test)

  Correlation and chi-square

• Understand and interpret statistical analyses reported in empirical research and other media/publications