PSYC 236 - Elementary Statistics

Institution:

Southern University at Shreveport

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Description:

This course is designed to introduce students to research techniques in the Behavioral Sciences and Humanities. These techniques are applicable to other disciplines. Focus will be on the different types of research, measurement scales, use and selection of hypothesis, relationships between dependent and independent variables, as well as other variables. Efforts will be made to introduce students to the selection of samples from populations as well as an ability to select the proper analytical technique for the available data. Other topics will include reliability, validity, frequency distributions, skewed averages/means, mode, median, normal curves and the use of grouped and ungrouped data.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.susla.edu

Phone Number:

(318) 670-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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