This course introduces you to the field of statistics and hypothesis testing. This is the first of the "basic skills" courses for Psychology majors and it is a required course for students in several other disciplines. It is a course concerned with data – or the information we collect when we do empirical research.

At the end of this course you should be able to: (1) completely describe a data set (a set of scores) using appropriate descriptive statistics, (2) understand the logic and application of hypothesis testing, (3) interpret a set of descriptive statistics and understand the limitations of each measure, (4) apply the appropriate inferential statistical technique to situations covered in class, (5) interpret the results of an inferential test and understand the limitations of each procedure, and (6) compute descriptive and inferential statistics using a calculator and computer.