Statistics: An Activity-Based Approach
PSYC 200
Spring 2025
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Applied Data Science Certificate, Health Studies |
This course will introduce the concepts and methods used in the analysis of quantitative data in the behavioral and life sciences. The approach will emphasize activity-based learning. Lectures will be used for the initial presentation and wrap-up of topics, but most class time will be devoted to activities in which students perform analyses. The topics covered will include descriptive statistics, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and regression. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM PSYC |
| Course Format: Laboratory Course | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: PSYC105 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (BIOL)(CADS)(DATA-MN)(EDST-MN)(EDST)(NS&B)(PSYC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: CQC |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Gravetter, F., Wallnau, L. B., Forzano, L. B., & Witnauer, J. E. (2021). Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (10th Ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning. (Note that we will use an updated edition if one becomes available before the start of classes.)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Problem sets, lab reports, tests. For lab reports, we will use SPSS software remotely available to students through MyApps. YOU MUST HAVE A LAPTOP COMPUTER THAT YOU CAN BRING TO CLASS to take this section of the class. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
All sections of this course will satisfy the statistics requirement for the PSYC major and the methodological requirement for the NS&B major. Students not admitted to the class during preregistration and adjustment will be admitted on the first day of class if seats become available (i.e., the class cannot exceed the 19-student limit). In this case, priority will be given to sophomores on the electronic enrollment request list who have previously unsuccessfully requested the course. |
| Instructor(s): Patalano,Andrea Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: BOGH110; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 7 | FR: 12 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 15 | 1st Ranked: 8 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 5 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 02 | | Special Attributes: CQC |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Examinations and Assignments:
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
, All sections of this course will satisfy the statistics requirement for the PSYC major and the methodological requirement for the NS&B major. Students not admitted to the class during preregistration and adjustment will be admitted on the first day of class if seats become available (i.e., the class cannot exceed the 19-student limit). In this case, priority will be given to sophomores on the electronic enrollment request list who have previously unsuccessfully requested the course. |
| Instructor(s): Stemler,Steven Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: SCIE189; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 7 | FR: 12 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 5 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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