APSY2217 · Education
Lynch School of Education & Human Development
This course provides an introduction to statistics with a focus on applications to the fields of human development and education. Students will learn the fundamentals of data analysis, including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and statistical inference. They will receive experience with statistical software that will allow them to address a wide range of research questions. The course will highlight examples from different areas of practice that require the application of psychology: human services, human resources, social policy, and education.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.5 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.4 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.5 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Associate Professor, Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology
4.3 / 5
4.1 / 5
Professor, Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology
4.8 / 5
4.6 / 5
Senior Research Specialist, Automated Scoring, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center
3.9 / 5
3.7 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
2 sectionsFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
3 sectionsFall 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2023
3 sectionsFall 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
2 sectionsFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sections