| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, offshore teaching period |
| Old unit code |
140.301 |
| Outcomes |
Students gain a detailed knowledge of various statistical analyses that can accommodate more than one independent variable. More specifically, students identify which statistical analyses are appropriate to test particular hypotheses, as well as interpret and report the results of those various statistical analyses. Working knowledge of SPSS is expected. |
| Content |
This unit provides an overview of the main techniques of experimental psychology including the design of experiments, the measurement of variables and the logic of hypothesis testing and the statistical analysis of data in behavioural sciences. The emphasis for the unit is a mix of theory and practice, and the expectation is that students successfully completing the unit are able to appropriately design research and select, perform and interpret statistical analyses. |
| Assessment |
This comprises an assignment, a laboratory examination and a two-hour end-of-semester examination. The assignment assesses students’ ability to perform analysis in SPSS and present their findings in APA format. The laboratory examination assesses students’ ability to select and perform appropriate data analysis in SPSS under examination conditions. The end-of-semester examination assesses the understanding of statistical techniques and the relations and distinctions between various statistical analyses and concepts.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Dr Andrea Loftus |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Singapore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: PSYC1101 Psychology: Mind and Brain, PSYC1102 Psychology: Behaviour in Context and PSYC2203 Psychological Research Methods |
| Advisable prior study: Each student is responsible for ensuring that he/she understands the basic concepts of statistics. It is recommended that students refresh their knowledge by reading Field (the recommended text) chapters 1, 2 and 3, prior to the commencement of the course. There are refresher lectures available at the start of semester. |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 x 1 hr per week (for 13 weeks); labs: 1 x 2 hrs per week (for 12 weeks)
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| Unit web page |
http://webct.uwa.edu.au/ (only for enrolled students)
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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| Text | Field, A. Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, 3rd edn: Sage Publications Limited 2005
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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