The aim of this course is to enable students to learn basic biostatistical methods used in child development and social sciences, to conduct data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting processes in scientific research, and to perform appropriate statistical analyses using SPSS software.

This course covers the scientific research process, data types, variables, scale types, data organization and visualization, descriptive statistics, normality analysis, parametric and non-parametric tests, correlation and regression analyses, scale reliability analyses, data entry and statistical applications using SPSS software, interpretation of findings, and academic reporting processes.