PSY 2710

Intended for Nursing students and not intended for Psychology Majors or Minors, this course is an introduction to applied statistics as used by behavioural scientists in measurement, data, analysis, and design of experiments. This course stresses both an understanding of the rationale governing the selection of appropriate designs or techniques as well as practical experience in calculation. Topics include: scaling, measures of central tendency and variability, probability, statistical inference and hypothesis testing, means test (z and t), correlational techniques, chi-square and other non-parametric techniques, and analysis of variance. Students cannot receive credit for Psychology 2710 and either of Psychology 2790 or Psychology 2750. Three hours a week