Download PHED251 - Introduction to Statistics

Queen’s University
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Course Name:
Course Instructor:
PHED 251*
Dr. Irene Armstrong
Introduction to Statistics
Contact Hours:
Lectures: 2 x 1.5 hrs / 12 weeks
Prerequisite:
Second year standing or above in
BPHE
0.5 credit
Exclusion:
BIOL 243*, COMM 162*, ECON 250*, KNPE
251*, NURS 323*,POLS 385*, PSYC 202*,
PHED 351*, SOCY 211*, STAT 261*, 263*,
264*, 267*, 268*, 367*
Course Description:
Course Texts:
An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics for the
behavioural sciences. Parametric and non-parametric tests
will be described.
Goodman, M. G., Modern Statistics: A
Canadian Perspective,Toronto: Nelson
Education.
Course Notes:
Assignments and course notes available on
WebCT:
Course Objectives:
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Course Evaluation:
To present an overview of principles of experimental
design and their relationship to data handling,
management and appropriate analysis
To provide an introduction to various statistical techniques
To provide the opportunity to become familiar with SPSS,
a computer-based statistical package
Computational Assignments
& Homework
Group Project
In-class Quiz
Final Examination
Course Outline
Introduction to Statistical Concepts
Types of Studies / Developing a Research Project
Organizing and Presenting Data, Sampling,
Probability, Random Variables
Understanding Sampling distributions,
Confidence Intervals
Hypothesis Testing
Relationships between Categorical Variables
Regression
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