Course Objectives
- The students will be able to comprehend and describe basic concepts in statistics (sample, population, parameters, and statistics).
- The students will be able to understand variable and scale types used in statistics.
- The students will be able to create frequency distribution tables and appropriate graphs for given data.
- The students will be able to compute measures of central tendency and dispersion.
- The students will develop skills in understanding, applying and interpreting descriptive statistical techniques.
- The students will be able to develop skills in understanding, applying and interpreting inferential statistical techniques.
- The students will be able to understand standardized distributions (z-scores) and compute and interpret a z score for a given raw score.
- The students will be able to develop an ability to use computers for statistical analysis of data (SPSS) and interpret SPSS output for given data.