Chabot College
January, 1993
Replaced Fall 2010
Course Outline for Psychology 5
INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Catalog Description:
5 - Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
4 units
Applied descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency and variability; correlation and
regression; probability; introduction to statistical inference. Emphasis on selection and interpretation
of statistical analyses. Strongly recommended: Math 65. 4 hours.
[Typical contact hours: 70]
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to do:
1.
select appropriate statistics for application to typical data from the behavioral sciences;
2.
understand and use the following statistical procedures; frequency distribution, mean,
median, mode, standard deviation, variance, normal curve, standard scores, Pearson's r,
least-squares regression equation, standard error of prediction, computation of event
probability, t-tests;
3.
perform the above statistical analyses using a computer data analysis package;
4.
interpret and explain the results of the above analyses;
5.
understand and define certain language commonly used in the scholarly journals of the
behavioral sciences to report research data and the statistical analyses performed on them.
Course Content:
1.
Features of Statistical Models
2.
Arithmetic Operations and Algebraic Conventions
3.
The Concepts of Data and Variables
4.
Design and Randomization of Variables
5.
Frequency Distributions
6.
The Rationale of Statistical inference
7.
Measures of Central Tendency
8.
Variability
9.
The Normal Distribution
10.
Correlation
11.
Regression
12.
Probability
13.
The logic of inferential statistics
14.
The t-test
15.
The language of statistics
Methods of Presentation:
1.
Lecture - discussion
2.
Classroom assignments
3.
Group projects
Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1.
Exams and quizzes
2.
Homework
3.
Final examination
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Statistics, Witte, Holt Rinehart Publishing Co.
Special Student Materials:
tf A:\WPFILES\PSY.5
REVISED: 1-93
None