KEISER UNIVERSITYCourse SyllabusRSM701 Quantitative Research ICredit Hours: 3.0 graduate semester credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to a Ph.D. psychology programProfessor Qualifications: Earned Doctorate in PsychologyProfessor Name and Bio:Professor Contact Information:COURSE DESCRIPTIONQuantitative Research I is a course in applied statistics introducing doctoral students todescriptive and inferential statistics for doctoral level research.Application of statisticaltools and methods will be emphasized.Statistical tools covered will be measures ofcentral tendency and variability, reliability, validity, probability, normal distribution, t-distribution, F-distribution, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Analysis of variance,Chi-square, correlation, and regression.Application to real-life and research basedparadigms is made so students can become adept at interpreting empirical findings anddevelop the skills necessary to complete original research.PROGRAM OBJECTIVESAt the conclusion of the program, graduates will:Develop an advanced understanding of general psychological principles andtheories to include motivation, learning, emotion, and behavior.Appreciate diversity in individuals and the global community, demonstratedthrough using socio-cultural appropriate methodology in evaluating individual,social, and organizational levels in the field of psychology.Apply principles of effective research methods, evaluating problems, developingresearch strategies, designing and conducting psychological research,KS 10.23.20151