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PSYCHOLOGY
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PSY
221 - Statistics
for the Behavioral Sciences
Five Quarter Hours
| | PREREQUISITES: PLACEMENT LEVEL 2 OR HIGHER OR MATH 113 OR 115 OR 163A OR 263A OR 266A | | COURSE OVERVIEW: The course introduces students to the concepts and processes of basic statistics, including graphing, measures of central tendency and variability, and computation and interpretation of several tests of hypotheses. No credit for both 221 and any of the following: MATH 251, PSY 121, QBA 201, COMS 301, ECON 381. | | METHODS OF COURSE INSTRUCTION: All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and students communicate and exchange materials through postal mail.
E-PRINT OPTION
Students may use e-mail to submit lesson assignments, using any e-mail provider and any standard e-mail software. The assignments that are submitted electronically are printed and sent to the instructor by mail, not e-mail, so assignments may be sent as attached documents, thus preserving the original format. Graded assignments will be returned as printed copy by postal mail. Instructions for the e-print option are enclosed with the course guide. |
TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES:
ISBN-13 :9780495811251 David Howell, Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 7th ed. USA: Wadsworth Pub., 2011.
ISBN-13: 9780673990853 James L. Bruning and B. L. Kintz. Computational Handbook of Statistics, 4th ed., Pearson, 1997.
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
| STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| LESSONS
AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:
The
course has 10 lessons, including 2 supervised examinations.
Each regular lesson has a submitted assignment consisting of
problems from the relevant chapter(s) of the text. |
EXAMINATIONS:
The
course has two examinations, each covering four lessons. The examinations are "open book," which means that notes, books, outlines, etc., are permitted. However, the student will only have time to use these materials to find tabled values, use formulas, or check a fact or two. The student will not have time to look up answers or find references for specific questions.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail. | | GRADING CRITERIA: The final grade will be weighted as follows:
Submitted Lesson Assignments = 55%
Midcourse Examination = 20%
Final Examination = 25%
TOTAL = 100%
There are a total of 1,080 points to be earned in this course. The grading scale is as follows:
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
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1000 - up
970 - 999
940 - 969
890 - 939
860 - 889
830 - 859
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C
C-
D+
D
D-
F |
780 - 829
750 - 779
720 - 749
670 - 719
640 - 669
Below 639
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| | ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call Independent and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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Tel: 1-800-444-2910
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