Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
An introduction to statistics commonly used in psychology and other behavioral sciences.
| Course Title | PSYC 241: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences |
|---|---|
| Credits | 4 undergraduate credits |
| Prerequisites | PSYC 111: Introduction to Psychology and MATH 103: College Algebra |
| Format | Online - Self-Paced Enroll Anytime |
| Completion Time | Minimum duration: 6 weeks, with no more than one exam per week. Maximum duration: 9 months. Allow additional 7-10 business days for registration, and 3-5 days for the final grade to appear on your transcript. |
| Cost | Tuition is $384.88 per credit. Visit the Costs & Aid page regarding additional costs. |
About Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
This online statistics college course will introduce you to descriptive and inferential statistics as applied to psychological measurement and experimentation. This basic statistics course will strengthen your thinking and reasoning skills, and allow you to apply these skills in various situations.
This course has 19 lessons and 5 proctored exams, proctored by ProctorU Auto. You may take no more than one exam per week, finishing the course in as little as 6 weeks or taking up to 9 months. Please allow an additional 7-10 business days to process registration, and 3-5 days for the final grade to appear on your transcript.
By the end of the Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences online course, you should:
- Understand the concept of statistics. Statistics are a set of tools that can be used to answer questions about group tendencies. By the end of the course you should understand how statistics are used and you have an understanding of the types of questions that statistics can be used to answer.
- Understand the limitations of statistics. Because statistics are used to uncover group tendencies they will tell us nothing about individuals. By the end of the course you should understand the meaning of this limitation and know when statistics should not be used.
- Be able to use descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics are ways of summarizing and organizing large sets of data. By the end of the course you should be able to calculate basic descriptive statistics and know how to use them properly.
- Be able to use basic inferential statistics. Inferential statistics are statistical “tests”. By the end of the course you should be able to calculate basic inferential statistics and know how to use them properly.
- Be able to choose the correct statistical procedure to answer a research question. By the end of the course you should be able to choose the proper descriptive and inferential statistics to answer specific research questions in any basic research situation in psychology.
- Be able to put the results of inferential statistical tests into words. Statisticians use mathematics to answer questions. By the end of this course you should be able to explain what these results mean. This is the most important and also the hardest part of the course.
Required Psychology Statistics Textbook
Gravetter, F. J. & Wallnau, L. B. (2014). Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 8th edition.
- ISBN-10: 128556359X or
- ISBN-13: 978-1133956570
How will the course appear on my transcript?
You may enroll at any time and have up to 9 months to complete this online course. The credits earned will be recorded on your UND transcript based on the date you registered for the course. It will appear on your transcript in the same way as a course taken during a regular semester. There is no indication that the course was taken online or that you completed it at your own pace.
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