PSYC 200 - Research Methods I

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 NS

An introduction to research design and data analysis in the behavioral and life sciences. Topics include: scales of measurement, validity and reliability, experimental and non-experimental designs, descriptive statistics, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, and statistical inference. Students use SPSS for creating files and performing data analysis. This course is intended for psychology and psychology-related majors and prospective majors. PSYC 300 should be taken in the following semester. Enrollment Limit: 23 (lab sections: 20 each).
Instructor: N. Darling
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Students must register for one of the lab sessions.