Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | Session 1 | Session 1 |
| Gold Coast | Session 1 | Session 1 |
Unit description
Reviews statistical methods and concepts and considers research methodology and data analysis at an advanced level. Modern approaches to null hypothesis testing and alternative approaches to data analysis are considered. The construction and analysis of psychometric tests is discussed.
Unit content
- Review of statistical approaches
- The logic behind null hypothesis significance testing
- Multiple regression analysis, moderation, and mediation
- Construction of psychological measurements
- Factor analysis
- Analysis of covariance
- Factorial and multivariate analysis of variance
- Advanced topics in statistics, research design, and data management
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand advanced and multivariate quantitative approaches used in psychological research | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 2 | understand the contemporary and traditional approaches to null hypothesis significance testing | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 3 | select appropriate statistical techniques and analyse complex research data using the IBM-SPSS software package | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | |||||
| 4 | interpret and write up complex research data in accordance with approved scientific conventions | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 5 | construct a psychometric test, and test its structure and psychometric properties | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- understand advanced and multivariate quantitative approaches used in psychological research
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- understand the contemporary and traditional approaches to null hypothesis significance testing
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- select appropriate statistical techniques and analyse complex research data using the IBM-SPSS software package
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- interpret and write up complex research data in accordance with approved scientific conventions
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- construct a psychometric test, and test its structure and psychometric properties
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5: Lifelong learning
Prescribed texts
- Field, A, 2018, Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics, 5th edn, Sage, London.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hr (12 wks) |
| Laboratory session 2 hrs (10 wks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 20% |
| Written response | 30% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hr (12 wks) |
| Laboratory session 2 hrs (10 wks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 20% |
| Written response | 30% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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International
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