PSYCH 3500

PSYCH 3500

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

In a complex environment with many sources of variability, how can one tell with confidence whether a particular observed effect is real? And how much confidence is appropriate? This course introduces the principles of statistical description and inference as strategies to answer these questions, with emphasis on methods of principal relevance to psychology and the behavioral and neural sciences.


Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: Students may receive credit for only one course in the following group: AEM 2100, ENGRD 2700, HADM 2010, ILRST 2100/STSCI 2100, MATH 1710, PAM 2100, PAM 2101, PSYCH 3500, SOC 3010, STSCI 2150.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: 120 students.

Distribution Category (MQR)

When Offered Fall, summer.

Comments Calculus is not required. The 4-credit version includes instruction in the use of the statistical software package R.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 3500

  • 3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8688 PSYCH 3500   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 3500

  • 3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5959 PSYCH 3500   LEC 002

  • Instruction Mode:

    The 4-credit version of the course also includes instruction in the use of the statistical software package R.