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PSY 300 - Psychological Research and Statistical Methods I

Units: 3-4
Two hours lecture and one hour activity per week
Prerequisite: PSY 100 , PSY 202 , or Equivalent, and Upper Division Standing, or Consent of Instructor
Introduction to research methodology and a basic framework to evaluate social and behavioral science research. Topics include how to apply the scientific method within the field of psychology and the social sciences, ethical guidelines and issues related to the research in, and practice of, psychology, how to evaluate research and popular claims in psychology with a critical eye, and computer applications related to statistics and research. Coursework on inferential and descriptive statistical methods will build on material from PSY 202 .


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