This course allows you to play with ideas and explore issues you care about, creating critical knowledge that can be used to change society for the better through learning the basics of quantitative research in Psychology (and many other fields that use similar methods). You will learn to read and understand psychological research in journal articles and as reported in more popular sources, and to critically evaluate the claims that are made about research in areas such as climate change, public health, and other social issues. You will also learn to conduct your own experiment through all steps of the research process, from thinking about the research question and developing hypotheses to designing a study, collecting data online, and analyzing/writing up the results. Many of these skills are transferable to other fields and professions, so even if you are not planning on becoming a researcher you will be able to use what you learn in this course in the future. In addition, you will be introduced to statistics. This course will provide an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, and their application to psychological and social science research. The course will cover types of variables, summary statistics, variability, probability, samples, hypothesis testing, and effect size. You will apply your statistical learning to the experiment you conduct as part of the course. You will also learn to use SPSS statistical software to analyze your data and how to report your results. Discussion attendance required. Prerequisites for this course require a grade of C- or better
Sections offered by academic year and season, with estimated offering chances for future years above the divider
Year
Fall
Spring
Summer
Intersession
2030
56%2030 Fall: 56% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2018. Department course count falling about 3% per year.
56%2030 Spring: 56% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2018. Department course count falling about 4% per year.
–2030 Summer: not enough history to forecast.
8%2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020.
2029
61%2029 Fall: 61% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2017. Department course count falling about 3% per year.
61%2029 Spring: 61% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2017. Department course count falling about 3% per year.
–2029 Summer: not enough history to forecast.
7%2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2028
66%2028 Fall: 66% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2016. Department course count falling about 2% per year.
62%2028 Spring: 62% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2016. Department course count falling about 2% per year. Department faculty is about 11% below its recent average.
–2028 Summer: not enough history to forecast.
7%2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2027
70%2027 Fall: 70% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2015. Department course count falling about 2% per year.
66%2027 Spring: 66% chance, medium confidence. Offered in every spring term since 2015. Department course count falling about 2% per year. Department faculty is about 11% below its recent average.
–2027 Summer: not enough history to forecast.
6%2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017.
2026
11 section
11 section
Not offered
n/aNo data for this term
2025
11 section
11 section
11 section
Not offered
2024
11 section
11 section
Not offered
Not offered
2023
11 section
11 section
Not offered
Not offered
2022
11 section
11 section
Not offered
Not offered
2021
11 section
11 section
Not offered
Not offered
2020
11 section
11 section
Not offered
Not offered
2019
11 section
11 section
Not offered
n/aNo data for this term
2018
11 section
11 section
Not offered
n/aNo data for this term
2017
11 section
11 section
Not offered
Not offered
2016
11 section
11 section
Not offered
n/aNo data for this term
ForecastUnder 15%15–39%40–69%70–89%90%+Not enough history
Fall Spring Summer Intersession Darker means more sectionsNot offeredNo data for term
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Meeting times
Most recent first
Tue, Fri, 1:25 PM–2:40 PMSackler Science Center S1202026-12012-1