An exploration of the fundamental processes of research. This course introduces students to the terminology, methods, and tools of scholarly research . It prepares students to interpret published research reports, conduct original research studies, and practice an inquiring spirit. The course also addresses the practical aspect of writing a thesis or project proposal , gathering data, organizing the report , and presenting the findings. Concepts covered include central tendency, variation, transformed scores, normal distribution, bivariate correlation, regression, hypothesis testing, sampling, and central limit theorem.
Distributions explored include the t, f, and chi-square.
The student is introduced to analysis of variance and to nonparametric statistics. Students on campus will use a major statistical package for a data analysis.