PSYCH 202Basic Data Analysis
- Faculty
- Arts
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1985–86
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1985–86 to 1985–86 (before that, 1968–69 to 1982–83 used the number for General Experimental An introduction to the data and theories of perception, with emphasis and Experimental Design); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
An introduction ta the logic and methods of inferential statistics with emphasis on application in Psychology. Also included is a more detailed treatment of the methods and projects introduced in PSYCH 291. See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, Item 6) on page 8.7.
As printed in the 1985–86 calendar, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: PSYCH 291 and second year Honours standing in Psychology
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention PSYCH 202, April 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2022
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Winter 2015
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u/AskingOnce: “I know, I saw that - but after looking at all the options for courses you can take for a cogsci minor, I want to take psych 202 which does require 101. Thanks for the concern though! :)”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1968–69 to 1985–86, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1985–86 1 calendar
An introduction ta the logic and methods of inferential statistics with emphasis on application in Psychology. Also included is a more detailed treatment of the methods and projects introduced in PSYCH 291.
See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, Item 6) on page 8.7.
Prereq: PSYCH 291 and second year Honours standing in Psychology
3 class, 1 lab hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1983–84 to 1984–85 calendars.
1979–80 to 1982–83 4 calendars
Another title: Experimental Design, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
An examination of the effective use and interpretation of statistics in design and understanding of experiments in the social sciences.
Prereq: PSYCH 201
Offered Winter · 3 class, 1 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1970–71 to 1978–79 calendars.
1968–69 to 1969–70 2 calendars
Another title: General Experimental An introduction to the data and theories of perception, with emphasis, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Psychology: Perception on experimental methodology. Required of all General Psychology stu-
dents. 2 lectures, 2 hours laboratory. Winter term.