Department:
Counseling Psychology and Special Education Department Courses
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Course:
Statistics 1: Foundations
CPSE
651
Statistics 1: Foundations
Hours
3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab
Semester
Fall,
Spring
Emphasis on conceptual understanding and practical application of descriptive and basic inferential statistics to decision making.
Conceptual understanding of statistics
Gain a conceptual understanding of basic descriptive and inferential statistics for both parametric and non-parametric data sets.
Hypothesis Testing
Understand hypothesis testing theory and probability distributions.
Basic statistical methods
Select appropriate statistical methods to answer basic research problems.
Complete Statistical Analysis
Use statistical programs to complete statistical analysis.
Interpret and report statistical results
Interpret and report statistical results in APA format.
Critique appropriateness of statistical methods used
Locate research articles and Critique the statistical methods used and reported.