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Day 11
- Andrea Anderson
- Jan 16, 2019
- 1 min read
A lot of psychology students are surprised (and sometimes dismayed) that statistics courses are required for graduation in their chosen major. Why would you need to know how to collect and analyze data in psychology?
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to communicate the facts on their topic
Psychology is the study of mind and behavior. As a study, experiments take place which require the use of data and statistics. Data and statistics contribute greatly to what we know about our sciences making this a very helpful tool.
Statistic courses are important because it helps a person use the proper methods to collect the data, employ the correct analyses, and effectively present the results. Statistic courses allows you to understand certain subject much more deeply.
The science of psychology entails a large majority of research and science and math work hand in hand. Without the ability to collect and analyze data, psychologists can not come to conclusions based on thus said data. By taking a statistics course, they learn how to correctly conclude their research.
You would need to know how to analyze and collect date for psychology because you need to be able to understand how to apply the information to the experiment. This makes the process of holding an experiment a lot easier and straight forward. If you did not know how to collect and analyze data, the experiments would be impossible to gather a conclusion from.