Course Details
Country:
Australia
Institution:
Griffith University - Gold Coast campus
Course Title:
Reseach Methods and Statistics in Psychology
Course Number:
1003PSY
Course Description:
You will learn about the role of scientific data gathering in psychology which underpins all evidence-based practice. Basic research approaches will be described and the manner in which research is communicated (e.g., research psychology report) will be practised. You will gain skills in the description of data using basic graphical (e.g., histograms) and numerical (e.g., mean and standard deviation) methods. The association between variables through scatterplots and correlations is examined and you will learn how to calculate and interpret the confidence interval of the mean and make inferences using t-tests. You will learn to create and interpret output from the statistical software package SPSS for these statistical techniques. Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil Incompatible: First Year Tertiary Level Statistics|1003PSY Introduction to Research in Behavioural Sciences| 2009CCJ Statistics for Social Research| 1305AFE Business Data Analysis| 1014SCG Statistics| 1002MSC Introduction to Biomedical Data Analysis| 2013AHS Research Methods and Statistics
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
PSYC 3---
Course URL:
https://courseprofile.secure.griffith.edu.au/student_section_loader.php?section=1&profileId=114767
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