STAT 401 - Analysis of Variance for Psychology

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
Analysis of variance including multiple comparisons and effect size. Factorial analysis of variance, interactions, repeated measures design, random effects design. Statistical analysis using SPSS. Analysis of real data and report writing.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better; and either STAT 310 or STAT 303.
Equivalent Quarter Course: STAT 4000.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of and the ability to effectively conduct or plan research using an inquiry method of the social or behavioral sciences;
Identify key research issues and conduct an appropriate literature review;
Write research-based hypotheses or research questions;
Collect data or use existing data to address important social issues;
Analyze data or describe how data should be analyzed;
Explain in writing, using examples, how human diversity and the diversity of human societies influence our understanding of individual and collective human behavior;
Develop advanced skills in oral and written argument in the social or behavioral sciences.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

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