PSYC2330

Meets Mn Transfer Curriculum Goal Area 5 - History and the Social, Behavioral Sciences. Students use basic mathematical and computerized procedures to analyze data in the behavioral sciences. Students use statistical software (e.g., "SPSS", "R", "PSPP", "JASP") to conduct descriptive and inferential data analyses. Students choose and apply statistical procedures to help to answer psychological and behavioral scientific research questions. Students build upon knowledge gained in Statistics to read, interpret, and write APA-style results sections for behavioral science research.

This course is required for the Psychology (Minnesota State Transfer Pathway) [AA-P] program.
Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an understanding of the mathematics and logic behind selecting and applying statistical procedures appropriate for a given hypothesis, scale of measurement, and experimental design.
• Recognize the complex impact sociocultural diversity and individual differences have on psychological and behavioral science research.
• Perform and describe the statistical procedures commonly used by social scientists including their respective advantages and disadvantages.
• Read, interpret, and summarize basic statistical conclusions from psychological and behavioral science research accurately.
• Interpret statistical findings and graphs in the context of their level of statistical significance, confidence intervals, effect sizes, and underlying assumptions,
• Explain statistical findings using common language and conventions of the American Psychological Association.
• Use SPSS or another statistical package to build data sets, run univariate analyses, and interpret and display results.
• Evaluate existing psychological and behavioral science research, including critically thinking about limitations, confounds, and suggestions for future research.