PS212-5-FY-KS:
Statistics for Psychologists, 2nd Year
2020/21
Psychology
Kaplan Singapore
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 08 October 2020
Friday 02 July 2021
30
04 June 2020
Requisites for this module
PS111 and PS114 and PS115
(none)
(none)
(none)
PS509
BA 63C2 Psychological Studies,
BA C801 Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BA C802 Psychology,
BA C807 Psychology (Including Foundation Year),
BA C810 Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BSC C800 Psychology,
BSC C800JS Psychology,
BSC C800NS Psychology,
BSC C803 Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C811 Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BSC C812 Psychology (Including Foundation Year),
BSC C806 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C808 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience,
BSC C809 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Placement Year),
BSC C813 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Foundation Year),
MSCIC999 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience,
MSCICA98 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Placement Year),
MSCICA99 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C814 Psychology with Economics,
BSC C815 Psychology with Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C816 Psychology with Economics (Including Placement Year),
MSCIC998 Psychology with Advanced Research Methods,
MSCICB98 Psychology with Advanced Research Methods (Including Placement Year),
MSCICB99 Psychology with Advanced Research Methods (Including Year Abroad)
Building upon the statistics knowledge gained in your first year this module combines statistics lectures with computer workshops. You will be taught the data analysis skills and underlying principles needed to carry out a range of statistical tests. We will be focusing on Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Multiple Linear Regression, which together cover most data analysis techniques used in psychological research. After discussing single factor ANOVA designs (both between- and within-subjects) we will move on to factorial designs and interaction: an important concept when interpreting complex experimental designs.
By the end of this module, you should be able to begin to think critically about some decisions in research situations, such as:
1/ What is the best way to design a study given your specific research question?
2/ What are the characteristics of your data set? What is your sample like?
3/ What statistical tests should you use in order to determine if your study “worked”?
4/ What should you conclude about your study from the results of your statistical tests?
The specific learning outcomes are as follows:
1/ Understand and know when to use the different basic statistical tests common in psychological science
2/ Be more confident and capable of comfortably manipulating and graphing data in Excel, and analyzing data using SPSS
3/ Be able to use statistics to communicate your own research findings
Learning outcomes 2 and 3 will be assessed by the computer-based assignments. Learning outcome 1 will be assessed in both the computer-based assignments and the exam.
Lectures start on the hour. Please arrive promptly to avoid disrupting the class. There will be a short break halfway through the class. Please ask questions during class if there is anything that is unclear. You will be expected to participate in classroom activities designed to support your learning.
The module consists of 10 lectures each lasting 2 hours. Each will cover data analysis skills, along with their underlying principles, which will equip you for most of the laboratory class and project work that you will encounter in the rest of your psychology degree. There will also be 10 computer workshops (labs) each lasting 1.5 hours. These will give you a supervised opportunity to solve exercises using statistical software, and the chance to ask questions about any aspects of the topics covered in the lectures.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non-essential items, please refer to the module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 1 |
|
22% |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 2 |
|
22% |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 3 |
|
26% |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 4 |
|
24% |
| Coursework |
Participation/Lab Report |
|
6% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Gillian Sandstrom, email: gillian.sandstrom@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Gillian Sandstrom, Dr Vanessa Loaiza
email: gsands@essex.ac.uk
No
No
No
No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
Psychology
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