PSY 190 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

    Recent Professors
    mburgwin@riohondo.edu, ksmith@riohondo.edu
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    4
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of PSY 190
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 2 · IGETC Area 2A · CSU GE Area B4
    Description
    This course provides an overview of the types of statistics that are important in the behavioral sciences. It is designed to teach students majoring in psychology, sociology, political science, and anthropology how to present and interpret experimental data. The course focuses on hypothesis testing and the statistics used to analyze assumptions, with topics inlcuding basic probability, measures of central tendency, measures of variance, sampling, and inferential statistics.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 12:40pm–2:45pm, Tue Thu 8:00am–10:05am, Mon 10:25am–12:30pm, Mon Wed 10:25am–12:30pm