PSY 1540 - Statistics (PsyD)

(3 units)

This introductory graduate statistics course is designed to prepare clinical PsyD students to be competent consumers of research for clinical practice. An overview of the major statistical tools employed in contemporary behavioral science research and program evaluation. Survey of philosophy of science and scientific method; descriptive and inferential statistics; univariate and multivariate analysis of variance and co-variance (one-way and factorial); regression techniques; principal and (exploratory and confirmatory) factor analysis; power calculation and corrections for multiple comparisons.
Prerequisites: PSY 1101