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Statistics Courses

Washburn University
PY 510 GA              Intermediate Statistics                                        3 hr

This course is designed for students to learn basic experimental design, data analyses, and interpretation of data analyses.  Students are introduced to computing statistical analyses using SPSS and interpreting output generated by SPSS.  By the end of the course students will have a fundamental grasp of the research process with emphasis on statistical analyses at both a conceptual and procedural level.

Emporia State University
PY 520                    Statistics I                                                              3 hr

This course is designed to provide the opportunity to learn basic definitions, concepts, and applications of statistics as a scientific tool in psychology.  Students will become familiar with terminology, statistical formulas and data interpretation.

University of Kansas
PRE 710 & 711        Introduction to Statistical Analysis                  3 hr (KU campus)

                                Statistical Analysis Lab                                      1 hr

PRE 710 - Emphasis on the conceptual underpinnings of statistical analysis of educational data.  Includes univariate and bivariate descriptive statistics, sampling distribution, statistical estimation, hypothesis testing and procedures in testing statistics hypotheses for one and two sample designs.

PRE 711 – Creation and manipulation of data sets.  Analysis of data with statistical packages, with an emphasis on descriptive statistics, graphical procedures and univariate parametric methods.

Kansas State University
Stat 701                  Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics           3 hr

A course emphasizing concepts and practice of statistical data analysis for the health sciences. Basic techniques of descriptive and inferential statistical methods applied to health related surveys and designed experiments. Use of statistical software to facilitate the collection, manipulation, analysis and interpretation of health related data.

Stat 703                 Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists       3 hr

Statistical concepts and methods basic to experimental research in the natural sciences; hypothetical populations; estimation of parameters; confidence intervals; parametric and nonparametric tests of hypotheses; linear regression; correlation; one-way analysis of variance; t-test; chi-square test.

KU Medical Center
BMTR 811             Principles of Statistical Inference                     3 hr

A graduate level introductory course in biostatistics.  Measures of central tendency and dispersion; probability distributions; binomial, poisson, normal, Confidence intervals and testing of one and two sample hypotheses.  Nonparametric methods, correlation, regression, categorical data analysis and analysis of variance.

Fort Hays State University
NURS 808              Statistics for Health Professionals                  3 hr

This course addresses collecting, classifying, analyzing, utilizing and making inferences about statistical data applications regarding healthcare phenomenon.  The student will be able to compare and contrast appropriate descriptive statistics for specific healthcare data, select appropriate statistical tests for data and or research questions, and utilize appropriate statistical software to input and analyze healthcare data.

The prerequisite statistics course may be completed at Washburn University or any other accredited college or university.  To be acceptable, the course must cover both descriptive and beginning inferential statistical methods.  Courses from other academic institutions should be evaluated by the advisor to determine their acceptability.

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