IDO 502 Introduction to Experimental Statistics and Design I
This course will introduce basic descriptive and inferential statistics in the context of psychological and epidemiological research. The goals of this course are for students to: (1) understand and apply basic concepts in experimental statistics and design; (2) learn to use specific statistical tools (i.e., t- tests, chi-square, correlation, regression, ANOVA) that are appropriate in a variety of research contexts (e.g., treatment evaluation, human and animal bio-behavioral and psychological experiments, large data set analysis); and (3) learn to analyze data and interpret data analysis output using the computer program SPSS, and learn to conduct power analyses using G*Power. By the end of the course attendees will be able to: 1) Understand statistical theory, to include null hypothesis statistical testing; 2) Learn the theory of selected statistical tests and when to apply the tests; 3) Learn how to compute statistics using SPSS and G*Power.