This course covers basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion. Hypothesis testing related to one-sample z-test and t-test, independent and dependent samples t-test, correlation, chi-square, and simple regression are included. The purpose of this course is to help you gain a basic understanding of applied statistical methods as well as to help you develop data analysis skills necessary for the analysis, interpretation, and use of data in education and the behavioral sciences. By the end of the semester students will be expected to, given a specific research scenario, select an appropriate statistical method, calculate or conduct the analysis of the data, and interpret the results.