2020-2021 / PSYC5895-1

Descriptive and inferential psychostatistics (part 1)

Duration

30h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy6 crédits 
 Bachelor in psychology and education : general6 crédits 

Lecturer

Etienne Quertemont

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face classes

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

The course will be organized online. Podcasts for each chapter are available on MyULiege platform.
Practicals are organized each week through online question and answer sessions using the Collaborate platform. Each practical deals with the exercices of the chapter studied that week.

Recommended or required readings

A theoretical syllabus and a syllabus with exercises are provided

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

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