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Unit of Study STAT4002 - Advanced Psychological Data Analysis (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    Hons Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Focuses on developing a conceptual understanding of psychometric test construction and current and emerging forms of inferential testing. Reviews research methodology and data analysis concepts at an advanced level with a view to being incorporated into a research project. Psychometric test construction and traditional and modern approaches to inferential testing are discussed and performed.

Unit content

  • Construction of psychological measurements, including exploratory factor analysis
  • Multiple regression analysis, moderation, and mediation
  • Analysis of experimental designs
  • Review and critique of the logic behind null hypothesis testing
  • Alternatives to null hypothesis testing
  • Exploring data analysis strategies for a research project

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term2
Term2
Gold Coast
Term2
Term2
Online
Term2
N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

apply theory and logic relevant to psychological measurement and advanced quantitative statistics to diverse research data

construct a psychometric test and test its structure, psychometric properties, and construct validity

evaluate, select and perform appropriate and complete statistical analyses to assess real-world research questions

report and interpret findings of analyses in accordance with approved conventions in psychology

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • IBM-SPSS. Students need to have access to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). All campus computers have the 'Premium" pack installed. If purchasing SPSS, the “Standard Version” is the minimum requirement and the "Premium Grad Pack" is the preferred option (as it includes missing data analysis). SPSS can be downloaded as a 30-day free trial before license purchase

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.