This Specialization is intended to elevate the public’s understanding of, regard for, and use of psychology and strengthen APA’s standing as an authoritative voice for psychology. Specifically, to introduce the use of descriptive statistics in psychological research, including descriptions of how data sets are structured in statistical software, the construction of basic frequency distributions, understanding of measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, and contingency, and the use of statistical software for exploring these descriptive statistics.

Any course can be taken as-is; however, within the specialization, the following order is recommended:

1. How To Create and Explore a Data Set

2. Measures of Central Tendency

3. Measures of Variability

4. Measures of Correlation and Contingency

Applied Learning Project

Over the duration of the course, the user will be presented with formative assessments to assess their knowledge on concepts that have just been covered. At the end of every module there are summative assessments which are tracked and graded to assess your overall understanding. Finally, at the end of the course you are presented with an overall course level assessment.