PSY-3305: Introduction to Statistics in Psychology

Geher, G. (2019). Psychology is a real science: Part I: The many joys of statistics. In Own your psychology major!: A guide to student success. pp. 61–68).American Psychological Association.
This brief reading will help introduce you to the topic of statistics and how it applies to a psychology degree. This reading even covers a few core concepts (e.g., statistical significance) that will be addressed in more detail later on in the course.

Foster, G. C., Lane, D., Scott, D., Hebl, M., Guerra, R., Osherson, D., & Zimmer, H. (2018). Chapter 1: Introduction. An introduction to psychological statistics (pp. 1–35). Open Educational Resources Collection.
Read chapter 1. It provides an overview of statistics, important terminology that you will see throughout the course, and 10 questions for you to practice your knowledge! This is a great way to dive into statistics and begin developing a strong foundation of the topic.

Richardson, E. (2017). Chapter 2: Statistics and probability in your everyday life. Applying statistics and probability to everyday life (pp. 21-51). Cavendish Square Publishing.
Read the specified pages of this chapter. This reading will show a broad overview regarding how statistics can be applied to everyday life. This reading will help you with this week’s assignment (Part 2).

Foster, G. C., Lane, D., Scott, D., Hebl, M., Guerra, R., Osherson, D., & Zimmer, H. (2018). Chapter 3: Measures of central tendency and spread. An introduction to psychological statistics (pp. 73–94). Open Educational Resources Collection.
Read chapter 3. This chapter provides an overview of the measures of central tendency, how to calculate measures of central tendency (which you will do in the Week 1 assignment), and 10 questions for you to practice your knowledge!

Northcentral University. (2020). Downloading IBM SPSS statistics.
This NU resource provides detailed instructions to download SPSS. Please make sure to download SPSS as soon as you can during this first week.

Northcentral University. (2020). Introduction to SPSS. [Video]
This brief video provides an overview of how to use SPSS. Please make sure that you have SPSS downloaded prior to watching the video.