PSA_004 Mathematical and statistical methods for psychologists I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Martin Jelínek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Timetable
Wed 8:20–9:55 zruseno D22
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PSA_004/sk1: Wed 10:00–10:45 A01, M. Jelínek, H. Klimusová
PSA_004/sk2: Wed 10:50–11:35 A01, M. Jelínek, H. Klimusová
PSA_004/sk3: Wed 11:40–12:25 A01, M. Jelínek, H. Klimusová
PSA_004/kombin_st: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Jelínek, H. Klimusová
Prerequisites
PSA_038 Methodology I
PSA_038 Methodology of psychology I
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 aim of the courses is to provide students with understandable and instructive lessons on mathematical-statistical methods and their application in psychology. Minimal mathematical apparatus is utilized; instead, the situations solved by the statistical methods and their conditions and considerations are described in detail. The subject matter of this introductory course are descriptive/exploratory methods and the introduction into inferential statistics.
Syllabus
  • Introduction; Descriptive statistics; Inferential statistics - basic concepts; Estimation procedures; Hypothesis testing - the one-sample case; Hypothesis testing - the two-sample case; Hypothesis testing - the analysis of variance I; Hypothesis testing - the analysis of variance II; Hypothesis testing - nonparametric tests; Summary of hypothesis testing
Literature
  • Hendl, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat. Praha: Portál, 2004
  • HEALEY, Joseph F. Statistics: A Tool for Social Research. 3rd ed. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, Inc., 1993, 555 pp. ISBN 0-534-17742-5. info
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost : příručka pro uživatele. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 374 stran. ISBN 8070668229. info
  • SWOBODA, Helmut. Moderní statistika. Translated by Jaromír Císař. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 351 s. URL info
  • GREGOR, Miroslav, Svatomíra PŘADKOVÁ and Daniela SPĚŠNÁ. Statistika pro sociology. 2. nepřeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 141 s. ISBN 8021005602. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Do hodnocení se pro získání kolokvia započítávají body za úkoly ve cvičeních a za písemný test na konci semestru. Osnovy přednášek, zadání cvičení i řešení cvičení jsou průběžne k dispozici v IS v oddílu Studijní materiály.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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