PSYC 205

Making Sense of Data - QR

Students will learn about the nature of scientific inquiry, how to tell good science from bad science, how to think critically about using data to support or undermine persuasive messages, how to find and assess the quality of scientific reports to answer their questions, and how science--specifically studying human behavior--is meaningful in their everyday lives. The uses and misuses of descriptive statistics, the graphic representation of data, the role of bias, and the evaluation of behavioral science reports will be major topics

Units: 3.0