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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: • • • 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 Review 10% 20% 30% 40%