# Behavioral Statistics

- By: Michelle Oja
- Publisher: Taft College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Taft_College/PSYC_2200%3A_Elementary_Statistics_for_Behavioral_and_Social_Sciences_(Oja))
- Licence: Several licences (each page states its own)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Taft_College/PSYC_2200%3A_Elementary_Statistics_for_Behavioral_and_Social_Sciences_(Oja)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/stats-21991/pdf

This text was created to provide students with a solid foundation in statistics as used in psychological, sociological, and behavioral research. Students will develop a useable understanding of research design, the organization of data, measures of central tendency and variability, central tendency theory, descriptive and inferential statistics, parametric and nonparametric tests, and basic test assumptions.