STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Undergraduate

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 PSY 2710 and either of PSY 2750 or PSY 2790. PREREQUISITES: PSY 1010 and 1020 and enrolment in the Faculty of Nursing, or permission of instructor Three hours a week