Psychological Statistics Course Outline - Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University - Philippines Psychological Statistics INSTRUCTOR: DANA SOLIVEN  Today's Agenda COURSE ORIENTATION BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS  BE FAMILIARIZED WITH THE GRADING SYSTEM, CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND RULES FOR THE ENTIRE SE...

Wesleyan University - Philippines Psychological Statistics INSTRUCTOR: DANA SOLIVEN  Today's Agenda COURSE ORIENTATION BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS  BE FAMILIARIZED WITH THE GRADING SYSTEM, CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND RULES FOR THE ENTIRE SEMESTER. Learning EXPLAIN THE BASIC CONCEPTS, Objectives MEANING, NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS IN RESEARCH DIFFERENTIATE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS FROM INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 40 Course 30 Description 20 As per CMO 34 of 2017, this course deals with the concepts and methods of 10 descriptive amd inferential statistics and design, analysis and interpretation of 0 psychological studies. Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5  40 Course Outcomes 30 20 At the end of this course students should be able to apply the underlying principles of statistical techniques, perform statistical 10 tests, and interpret statistical data. 0 Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5  Psychological Statistics Course Outline WEEK 1: WEEK 2: WEEK 3: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CONCEPTS IN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS STATISTICS AND DATA COLLECTION Course Orientation, Basic Variables and Measurement Sampling Techniques, Probability Concepts in Statistics and Non-probability Sampling, Data Collection WEEK 4: WEEK 5: WEEK 6: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PRELIM EXAM Organizing, Presenting, and Shapes of Distribution, Measures Describing Data, Measures of of Normality Center, Variability and Position  Psychological Statistics Course Outline WEEK 7: WEEK 8: WEEK 9: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS INFERENTIAL STATISTICS STEPS IN HYPOTHESIS TESTING Standard Scores, Normal Statistical Hypothesis, Directional Distribution Curve and Non-Directional, Type I and Basic Terminologies, Critical Type II Errors Values and Critical Region WEEK 10: WEEK 11: WEEK 12: STEPS IN HYPOTHESIS STEPS IN HYPOTHESIS MIDTERM EXAM TESTING TESTING Parametric Statistical Technique, Non-Parametric Statistical Quantitative Data Technique, Qualitative Data  Psychological Statistics Course Outline WEEK 13: WEEK 14: WEEK 15: MEAN COMPARISON ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE REGRESSION ANALYSIS One-Sample t-test, Paired- One-Way ANOVA, Factorial Simple Regression, Multiple Sample t-test, Independent ANOVA, Correlational Analysis Regression Sample t-test WEEK 16: WEEK 17: WEEK 18: NON-PARAMETRIC TEST NON-PARAMETRIC TEST FINAL EXAM ASSUMPTIONS ASSUMPTIONS Chi-Square Test, Phi-Coefficient Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Wilcoxon Analysis, Cramer's V Test, Signed-Rank Test, Friedman Test Mann-Whitney U Test  Course Grading System Criteria Percent ACTIVITIES / PERFORMANCE / RECITATION 65% QUIZZES 15% TERM EXAMS 20% TOTAL 100%  Class Requirements Module, activities, learning materials and other course requirements will be given by the instructor ahead of time. The following are the rules and guidelines to be observed in passing and submitting needed materials: On passing activities and quizzes make sure you answered them honestly, make sure not to copy the work of your classmates nor manipulate the results of your computations. If any of these cases arise, proper action and punishment will be implemented. In case a student has no internet access, they can just take a picture of the activity or requirement and send it to their teacher thru email.  Class Requirements Every second MONDAY of the month will be the uploading of learning materials and modules. Students should take time to answer and study the learning materials. While last FRIDAY of the month will be the submission of the activities, quizzes and exams. Students should submit and pass the three main requirement for this course; journal entry/reflection, quizzes and examination. Journal Entry/ Reflection Paper: For the journal entry requirement, students should reflect and write the things they learned and realized for every topic that is given. There is no right or wrong answer in making a journal/ reflection paper but students should still reflect and inline their journals to the topic being discussed and not on the unnecessary things.  Psychological Statistics Why do we need statistics in Psychology? It is with statistics that we are able to reliably make sense of the information we are observing or studying. IS NOT MATH IS THE COLLECTION, ORGANIZATION, DISPLAY AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA IN A SCIENTIFIC MANNER Importance of Statistics in Research use appropriate techniques in collecting data objectively interpret the information shown by data properly draw and arrive at conclusions add credibility to an argument  Levels of Analysis Types of Statistical Analysis DESCRIPTIVE INFERENTIAL STATISTICS STATISTICS describes or gives a general used to draw inferences or picture or summary of the conclusions about the data, scores, or observations population ex: average score in a test, its ex: estimating the academic distribution performance of Filipino students based on a representative sample Try and Learn Identify the level of analysis in each example 1. Pie graph of the sexual orientations of 2nd year Psych students 2. Negative relationship between stress and quality of sleep 3. Age range of students taking Psych Stat 4. Approval rating of a politician 5. Mean height of Filipino women Reference Howell, D. C. (2010). Statistical methods for psychology. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.