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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
STATISTICS IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES II PSY212 Fourth Term (Spring) 3 + 2 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY2
SEMESTERFourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Discuss psychological and social research based on numerical data.
2) Be able to evaluate statistical results of any given research reports.
3) Transfer probabilistic thinking skills to various problems.
4) Be able to apply statistical software programs and able to interpret data descriptively.
5) Evaluate statistical graphs properly.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSEYes(PSY211)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTPSY211
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course is designed to teach students about the procedures of hypothesis testing. Subjects such as t-test, correlation, and analysis of variance are taught to enable students to determine which appropriate analyses are to be followed in order to solve statistical problems. Writing statistical results according to academic writing rules is one of the important topics discussed in the course.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction and PSY211 Course Overview
2nd Week Correlation
3rd Week Simple linear regression
4th Week Multiple regression
5th Week Introduction to hypothesis testing: T-test
6th Week T-test
7th Week ANOVA (one-way/between subject)
8th Week Mid-Term Exam
9th Week ANOVA (one-way/within subject)
10th Week ANOVA (two-way/between subject)
11th Week ANOVA (two-way/within subject)
12th Week Reliability-Validity
13th Week Non-parametric tests: Chi-square
14th Week Overview
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGJamovi, J. N. & Foxcroft, D. R. (2018). Learning statistics with jamovi. Retrieved from
https://blog.jamovi.org/2018/10/25/learning-statistics-with-jamovi.html

Recommended:
Dancey, C. P., & Reidy, J. (2007). Statistics without maths for psychology. Pearson education.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Practice,Questions/Answers,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Assignment630
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam111
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work12020
Preparation for Final exam12020
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework61060
Total Workload144
Total Workload / 304,8
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONEnglish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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