PSYCH 2500

Statistics and Research Design

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

In a complex environment with many sources of variability, how can one tell with confidence whether a particular observed effect is real? And how much confidence is appropriate? This course introduces the principles of statistical description and inference as strategies to answer these questions, with emphasis on methods of principal relevance to psychology, neuroscience, and the behavioral sciences.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: AEM 2100, BTRY 3010, BTRY 6010, CRP 1200, ENGRD 2700, HADM 2010, HADM 2011, ILRST 2100, ILRST 6100, MATH 1710, PSYCH 2500, PUBPOL 2100, PUBPOL 2101, SOC 3010, STSCI 2100, STSCI 2150, STSCI 2200.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2024SU, 2023FA

Distribution Category (MQR-AS, SDS-AS, SSC-AS)

When Offered Fall.

Comments Calculus is not required. The 4-credit option includes instruction in the use of the statistical software package R.

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