ENV41025

Statistics for Research teaches the research skills needed to seek answers to complex ecological, biological, and social questions. This course focuses on hypothesis testing and the design of experiments and surveys. Experience will be given in acquiring large data sets and the statistical manipulation of quantitative data. Subjects include data distributions, descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and t-test, regression and correlation, and non-parametric alternative tests. Students will gain experience with Microsoft Excel and SPSS.SPECIAL NOTES: The successful student will be of Junior or Senior status having taken college-level math. Students must purchase statistical software- contact instructor for details.