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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.