PTP 821 - Statistical Analysis for Quantitative Research

Admission to the PhD in PT program or consent of instructor. (4).

Comprehensive overview of common statistical methods used in quantitative research including descriptive statistics and statistical inference; comparison of two or more means (parametric vs. nonparametric); correlation and simple linear regression; measures of association for categorical variables; statistical measures of reliability and validity; and multivariate analysis (multiple regression, logistic regression, and multivariate analysis of variance). Students perform analyses using statistical software and evaluate statistical approaches in journal articles. Graded ABCDE/Y. [“”]