Psychology 317-318 (Probability, Statistics, and Data Analysis): General Information

Information about Psychology 217-218 information for specific years

This document provides general information about Psychology 217 (taught by G. Loftus Winter quarters) and Psychology 218 (taught by G. Loftus Spring quarters).

Functionally, Psychology 217 and 218 form one, continuous, two-quarter course. It is recommended, and is generally true, that students take the two courses sequentially. As such there is variability from year to year as to exactly where Psychology 217 ends and Psychology 218 begins. The first lecture of Psychology 218 simply continues from where the last lecture of Psychology 217 left off.

Psychology 217

Psychology 217 begins with a background in probability theory, generally covering the following topics.

• t-tests
• One-way analysis of variance
• Two-way analysis of variance
• Repeated-measures designs and the relation of repeated-measures designs to two-way analysis of variance
• An introduction to correlation and regression
• An introduction to planned comparisons