PSY454 Statistical Analysis

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Stanislav Ježek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Širůček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Stanislav Ježek, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Stanislav Ježek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka and each odd Wednesday 10:00–11:40 U23, each odd Wednesday 12:00–13:30 P21 and each even Wednesday 10:00–11:40 U23, each even Wednesday 12:00–13:30 P21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to introduce statsitics as a part of psychology and the elementary statistical concepts used in psychological research. Students will learn to passively and actively use these concepts. They learn to prepare data for analysis, compute elementary statitsics, test elementary hypotheses. They also learn to read and communicate statistical findings both in Czech and English.
Syllabus
  • 1. Data matrix, types of variables.
  • 2. Graphical representation of data, frequencies and ditribution.
  • 3. Measures of central tendency and variability, percentiles, z-scores.
  • 4. Measures of association, grapgical representation.
  • 5. Linear regression. 6. Probability, probability distributions. 7. Statistical inference, point vs. interval estimates. 8. Statistical hypothesis testing, significance, power, effect size, t-tests. 9. Basic tests for nominal nad ordinal variables 10. One-way ANOVA. 11. Overview of multivariate methods.
Literature
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat :analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 583 s. ISBN 8071788201. info
  • GLASS, Gene V. and Kenneth D. HOPKINS. Statistical methods in education and psychology. 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996, xiv, 674. ISBN 0205142125. info
Assessment methods
3 written tests, 1 semester paper, final written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fss.muni.cz/psych/studium.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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