PSA_004 Mathematical and statistical methods for psychologists I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 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 D21
  • 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/czv: 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
Main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows: to understand basic concepts of statistics and their application in psychological research; to learn to use a special statistical software (Statistica); to learn to entry and transform the research data; to master basic data analysis procedures (descriptive statistics, mean comparisons, t-tests, ANOVA); to learn to read and understand the results of data analysis.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to statistics;
  • 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 (the logic of analysis of variance, one-way ANOVA, factorial ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, MANOVA).
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
Lectures, exercises in computer room, homework assignments.
To pass the colloquium, student has to reach 70% of total points obtained from exercises and homework assignments and from a written multiple-choice test.
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 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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