Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Statistics in Behavioural and Social Sciences

CHFS 3035  Statistics in Behavioural and Social Sciences

Prerequisites:

CHFS 2026 or PSYC 2026

Antirequisites:

CHFS 3027

Hours:

Blended learning format (lecture, practical, technology) of three hours per week.

Credits:

6

Description:

This course emphasizes experimental design and data analysis, including an introduction to SPSS. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics with a focus on data screening, probability theory, hypothesis testing, z-tests, dependent and independent samples t-tests, simple and factorial analysis of variance and covariance, correlation, linear regression, factorial designs, as well as an introduction to ABA designs (including but not limited to multiple baseline, withdrawal/reversal designs) and nonparametric statistics such as chi-square.