PSY 385 - Statistical Methods With Laboratory For Social Sciences

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Widener University-Main Campus

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Description:

Elementary statistics applied to psychology and other social sciences. Topics include methods for graphing data, descriptive statistics such as measures of central tendency, dispersion, and correlation, simple probability theory, and inferential statistics including t-tests, ANOVA, factorial ANOVA, and nonparametric statistics such as chi-square. All statistics are covered in both a lecture requiring basic algebra skills and a computer lab requiring basic computing skills and knowledge of the Windows environment. This course is required of majors in criminal justice, communication studies, psychology, and social work. Majors from other departments are welcome, although students may not receive credit for both PSY 385 and another statistical methods course such as PSY 381, QA 251, ENGR 111 and 315, and MATH 114 and 373. This course may not be used to satisfy the social science general education requirement. Prerequisites: MATH 101 or equivalent or a satisfactory performance on the Math Placement Test; proficiency with the Windows computing environment. 4 semester hours

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 499-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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