Aklan Catholic College

Educ. 201 Statistics (Summer Class)

Griselda C. Quintana, Ph.D.
Instructor

Course Overview:
Statistics is an introductory graduate course in using quantitative methods for
inquiry in the social and behavorial sciences. Students will be exposed to the
fundamental concepts and procedures of descriptive and inferential statistics.
Students will develop competence in reading and understanding statistics topics
from sources such as texts, dissertations, journals, or technical reports. The course
includes the use of apps in statistics.

Course Objectives:
The Student will be able to:
1. Understand the role of descriptive and inferential statistics as part of
quantitative research methodology.
2. Demonstrate the usefulness of descriptive and inferential statistics as part
of quantitative research methodology.
3. Describe quantitative results using descriptive statistics.
4. Use inferential statistics to test hypothesis.
5. Design research hypotheses for testing.
6. Develop competence in the use of SPSS for classifying and describing data,
as well as for inference.
7. Retrieve information from library and internet resources relevant to
statistical procedures.
8. Compare statistical procedures for different purposes.
9. Plan and carry out basic statistical analysis of research data.
10. Choose appropriate statistical methods according to circumstances.

Content:
The course focuses on several basic competencies in statistical analysis.

Method:
Modular, Video
 TOPICS PRESENTOR DATE

1. Importance of Statistics, Basic Concepts _________________ _________________

2. Data Measurements _________________ _________________
3. Descriptive Statistics _________________ _________________
4. Measures of Central Tendency _________________ _________________
Mean, Median, Mode
Deciles, Quantiles, Percentiles
5. Measures of Dispersion/Variability _________________ _________________
6. Elementary Probability _________________ _________________
Basic Rules of Probabiilty
Permutations
Combinations
7. Probability Distribution _________________ _________________
Normal Curve
Binomial Curve
The Binomial Theorem
8. Sampling and Sampling Size _________________ _________________
Margin of Error
9. Hypothesis Testing _________________ _________________
Hypothesis
Statistical Significance
Types of Statistical Error
Consequences of Decisions
10. Pearson-Product Moment Correlation _________________ _________________
11. Spearman Rank Correlation _________________ _________________
12. WIlcoxon Matched Pairs Test _________________ _________________
13. Gamma Correlation _________________ _________________
14. Mann-Whitney Test _________________ _________________
15. Chi-Square Test _________________ _________________
16. T-Test _________________ _________________
17. Analysis of Variance _________________ _________________
18. Regression Analysis _________________ _________________