PS212-5-FY-KS:
Statistics for Psychologists, 2nd Year
2023/24
Psychology
Kaplan Singapore
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
30
21 September 2023
Requisites for this module
PS111 and PS114 and PS115
(none)
(none)
(none)
PS509
BSC C800JS Psychology,
BSC C800NS Psychology
This module builds upon your statistics classes in the first year, and combines statistics lectures and computer workshops using statistical software.
The aims of this module are:
- To enable you to begin to think critically about some decisions in research situations, such as:
- What is the best way to design a study given your specific research question?
- What are the characteristics of your data set? What is your sample like?
- What statistical tests should you use in order to determine if your study "worked"?
- What should you conclude about your study from the results of your statistical tests?
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Understand and know when to use the different basic statistical tests common in psychological science.
- Be more confident and capable of comfortably manipulating and graphing data in Excel, and analyzing data using SPSS.
- 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.
This is a full-year course, delivered as two components:
- Lectures 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.
- Computer workshops 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 will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour lecture per week, which will normally have a short break at the halfway point.
- Computer workshops.
You are welcome to ask questions during lectures if any point is unclear. Promptness at a lecture, which starts on the hour, is essential so that you can collect handouts and take a seat without disrupting the class. We will use Kahoot to do quizzes during the lectures, so please bring your phone to class.
In the computer workshops, you will be working through statistics examples in pairs, assisted by lecturers and graduate demonstrators. These classes provide an opportunity not just to learn how to perform statistical tests by computer, but also to ask questions about the statistics topics covered in the lectures. The class is subdivided into a number of smaller groups to allow smaller-group teaching.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 1 |
|
16% |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 2 |
|
16% |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 3 |
|
16% |
| Coursework |
Statistics Assignment 4 |
|
16% |
| Coursework |
Qualitative Assignment |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Participation/Lab Report |
|
6% |
| Exam |
Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 180 minutes during September (Reassessment 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 Paul Hanel, email: p.hanel@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Paul Hanel, Dr Matteo Lisi, Dr Angela Meadows, Dr Kathryn Buchanan, Dr Motonori Yamaguchi
email: p.hanel@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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