HPE 560 - Statistical Applications in Health and Physical Education

Description:
Application of statistics to research in health and physical education. Analysis of data sets drawn from research in these disciplines. Formerly HHPR 556, students may not receive credit for both.

Credits:
(4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

List and explain the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics
List and demonstrate the function and purposes of the following concepts: Frequency Distributions, Histograms, Polygrams, Graphs
Explain the relationship between central tendency, variance, standard deviation, normal distributions
Define and explain hypothesis testing and it relationship with the principles and axioms of probability
Define correlation and explain it usefulness in defining relationships between observed phenomena

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/1/2007

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