Introduces statistical methods as applied to collecting, tabulating, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data. Topics covered include frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, elementary probability theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation. A basic course for students in business, behavioral and social sciences. Identical to PSY 220.
Prerequisites
MAT 142 or higher with a grade of "C" or higher or math placement as established by District policy.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Construct and interpret frequency and relative frequency distributions.
- Calculate measures of central tendency and dispersion for a data set.
- Determine the probabilities of events.
- Identify properties of binomial probability distributions.
- Identify properties of normal probability distributions.
- Determine characteristics of sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem.
- Estimate a population parameter.
- Conduct a hypothesis test with one sample.
- Conduct a hypothesis test with two samples.
- Examine the linear correlation between two variables.