Paper 2.3: Statistical Techniques in Psychology
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Teaching Hrs. |
Domain |
| I | Introduction to Statistics in Psychology
Concept, scope and purpose of statistics in psychology. Sample and population, sampling methods. Variables and scales of measurement, hypotheses, tools of data collection. Types of statistics: descriptive vs inferential, parametric vs non-parametric. Values and scores Levels of measurement |
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| II | Descriptive statistics
Representation of data: frequency distribution, cumulative curve, pie charts, line graphs, bar diagrams,. Mean, median, mode: properties, calculation from grouped and ungrouped data. Variance, standard deviation, normal curve, z-scores, standard error. Percentiles, quartiles, confidence intervals. Box plots Outliers, |
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| III | Inferential Statistics
Statistical inference and tests of significance, t-test, p-level,Type I and Type II errors. Correlation: pearson, biserial and Spearman; regression: linear and multiple. ANOVA: One-way, two-way; ANCOVA. Mann-Whitney U Test, chi square test. MANOVA. Kruskall-Wallis test. |
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Syllabus Books:
- Coladarci, T. Cobb, C. Minium, E. & Clarke, R. (2011). Fundamentals of Statistical Reasoning in Education. John Wiley.
- Bluman, A. (2009). Elementary Statistics – A step by step approach. McGraw Hill: New York.
Reference Books:
- Cowles. (2001). Statistics in Psychology: A Historical Perspective.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- P. Bakeman. (1992). Understanding Social Science Statistics: A Spreadsheet Approach. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- J. Reichmann. (1961). Use and Abuse of Statistics,Oxford University Press.
- Kault. (2003). Statistics with Common Sense.Greenwood Press.