Duration
30h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy | 6 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in psychology and education : general | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
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.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course requires a good knowledge of basic mathematics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Exercises are provided with each chapter of the course and are weekly corrected during practicals
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face classes
Recommended or required readings
A theoretical syllabus and a syllabus with exercises are provided
Assessment methods and criteria
An open book written exam is organized at the end of the course. The questions essentially involve problem solving and data analysis.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Teacher: E. Quertemont, Tel: 04/366.21.05, equertemont@uliege.be
Practicals: V. Didone, Tel: 04/366.22.63, vdidone@uliege.be