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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Unit aim
A basic understanding of the concepts underlying hypothesis testing is provided, with emphasis upon the normal distribution and central limit theorem. Equips students with a range of quantitative data analytic techniques (correlation, z-test, single-sample t-test, between groups t-test, and repeated measures t-test) utilised in psychological research.
Unit content
- Basic concepts
- Describing and exploring data
- Basic concepts of probability
- The normal distribution
- Pearson's correlation coefficient
- Sampling distribution and central limit theorum
- Hypothesis testing: t-test for a single mean
- Hypothesis testing: repeated measures t-test
- Hypothesis testing: independent measures t-test
- Assumptions and their implications
- Hypothesis testing for 3 or more means, analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- Revision
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | correctly interpret the description of results to be found in simple (correlational and 2-group) research publications | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
2 | generate a basic description of simple data sets that would be suitable for APA-style publication | Lifelong learning | ||||||
3 | conduct appropriate quantitative analyses on simple data sets using SPSS | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
4 | interpret the output of SPSS in an accurate and critical manner | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
5 | communicate the results of an analysis in an effective manner adhering to APA standards | Communication and social skills |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- correctly interpret the description of results to be found in simple (correlational
and 2-group) research publications
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- generate a basic description of simple data sets that would be suitable for APA-style
publication
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- conduct appropriate quantitative analyses on simple data sets using SPSS
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- interpret the output of SPSS in an accurate and critical manner
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- communicate the results of an analysis in an effective manner adhering to APA standards
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- It is very useful to have the latest edition of Howell, and this text will be prescribed for BHS30001 Research Methods in Psychology: Howell, DC, 2013, Statistical methods for Psychology, 8th edn, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA. ISBN: 139781111835484.
- It is very useful to have the latest edition of Howell, and this text will be prescribed for BHS30001 Research Methods in Psychology: Howell, DC, 2013, Statistical methods for Psychology, 8th edn, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA. ISBN: 139781111835484.