Introduction to PSY R103

Statistics are powerful tools that serve a variety of purposes that we will cover in this course. Even if it it not your intention to pursue a career in research or statistical analysis, what is offered in this course will make you a more critical consumer of information in your academic, professional, and personal life.

We will start with the basics- answering questions like why we do research, begin with describing data, and then move into making exciting, logic-based conclusions and inferences using data. And most importantly, we will learn to understand the limitations of science and statistics.

Example Assignments

• Using statistics software to create data visualizations

• Taking psychological measures like the Implicit Association Test

• Reading current research in the field and understanding how they draw conclusions