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Hi there,
I'm 30, married, non-traditional clinical psych (PhD) applicant, who was not a psych major in college. I have to take stats for the first time as a pre-req in order to apply to PhD programs. I just got an intro to stats book, to see what stats is all about, and it scared me. This stuff looks really hard, and this is just an intro to stats book I got! I have never taken stats before. The highest level math I took in college was advanced algebra.
Can anyone tell me how hard undergrad stats is and how hard stats is in grad school? As a PhD student, how many stats classes will you be taking? What level of math do you need to understand intro to stats? I barely understand anything in this book!
Also, as I do my pre-reqs, do I need to do stats first, or can I take abnormal and personality first, etc.--do all psych classes have stats in them--meaning, do I need to take stats first in order to do well in other stats classes, beyond intro to psych?
I'm 30, married, non-traditional clinical psych (PhD) applicant, who was not a psych major in college. I have to take stats for the first time as a pre-req in order to apply to PhD programs. I just got an intro to stats book, to see what stats is all about, and it scared me. This stuff looks really hard, and this is just an intro to stats book I got! I have never taken stats before. The highest level math I took in college was advanced algebra.
Can anyone tell me how hard undergrad stats is and how hard stats is in grad school? As a PhD student, how many stats classes will you be taking? What level of math do you need to understand intro to stats? I barely understand anything in this book!
Also, as I do my pre-reqs, do I need to do stats first, or can I take abnormal and personality first, etc.--do all psych classes have stats in them--meaning, do I need to take stats first in order to do well in other stats classes, beyond intro to psych?