PSY20160

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Identify and critique common research designs.
2. Specify methods of analysis appropriate to different research designs.
3. Conduct an appropriate statistical analysis for research designs with K = 2/K > 2 levels of the independent variable.
4. Carry out appropriate multiple comparison analyses when necessary.
5. Prepare an appropriate interpretation of the findings from statistical analysis that demonstrates a critical understanding of the material.

Note on academic integrity: Students are not permitted to use AI tools to generate text, calculations, answers or parts of answers to assessments for this module.

Indicative Module Content:

Null Hypothesis Testing, Non-paramtric tests, Confidence Intervals, t-tests, ANOVA, post hoc multiple comparisons.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Research design and statistical analysis is a skill, akin to learning a language or a physical technique, rather than some “correct” information that you should know. For this reason, students’ skill is practiced over the course of the module. Students need to be prepared for a career where they can adapt their analyses to suit different research design and topic contexts. Key tests are presented in specific examples and students are required to continuously practice these with different examples to build up their skills. As we move through the content in the module, later topics will build on the skills of earlier topics and so students will benefit from working hard in the earlier weeks so refine skills in later weeks. As with other skill development, exposure, repetition, feedback, discussion, group-work, and participation are encouraged/required for students to achieve the learning outcomes for this module.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Recommendations:

PSY10100

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Equivalents:
Intermediate Analysis and Desi (PSY30100)


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Solutions and feedback are provided in class on participation activities. These allow for self/peer assessment. Individual comments will be provided on some targetted participation activities. All learning from participation activities is applied in the end-of-semester exam.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.