Study Programmes 2015-2016
| STAT0072-1 | |||||||||||
| Descriptive and inferential psychostatistics (part 1) | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th, 30h Pr | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Etienne Quertemont | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Introduction to elementary statistical procedures : Concept of variable, measures of central tendency and variability, normal distribution, probabilities, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and inferential statistics, binomial distribution, chi-square tests for categorical data, Student t tests for paired and independent samples, non-parametric tests, correlations and linear regressions. The course emphasizes the use of statistical procedures in situations that psychologists might encounter. The content of the course therefore focuses on data analysis and exercise solving. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Analyze data from scientific studies in psychology, speech and language therapy and education, with basic statistical treatments and to accurately interpret the results - Read and understand the results of scientific studies that include basic statistical analyses - Calculate the statistics required for the administration of standardized psychological tests (for example the Z-score). - Adopt a critical approach toward the generalization of findings from sample measures. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| The course requires a good knowledge of basic mathematics | |||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Exercises are provided with each chapter of the course and are weekly corrected during practicals | |||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face classes | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A theoretical syllabus and a syllabus with exercises are provided | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| An open book written exam is organized at the end of the course. The questions essentially involve problem solving and data analysis. | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teacher: E. Quertemont, Tel: 04/366.21.05, equertemont@ulg.ac.be
Assistant: V. Didone, Tel: 04/366.22.63, vdidone@ulg.ac.be |
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