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Data Analysis for Psychology in R1 (PSYL08013)

Subject

Psychology

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

1

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Please see Additional Restrictions.

Course Summary

This course provides foundations in working with data, probability, hypothesis testing and the use of R statistical programming environment.

Course Description

The course is taught based on a mixture of theoretical and practical lectures, labs, and independent learning tasks. In semester 1, lectures cover fundamental principles of describing data and of probability theory. In semester 2, lectures build up to discussion of how we make inferences about our hypotheses in psychology, dealing with probability distributions, sampling, and hypothesis testing. The course then introduces simple statistical tests for two variables by way of example. The course starts from scratch, assuming no knowledge of programming. **In the practical lectures and labs, the course introduces the fundamental principles of R programming, with a focus on understanding in a general way how R works, such that these principles can be applied to the use of R for applied data analysis. Students will apply this learning to topics such as basic calculation, data management, plotting and use of simple statistical tests. **Collectively the course will teach basic programming and data analysis skills, including the principles of applying quantitative analysis to answering research questions, and the fundamentals of writing up and reporting results in an accurate way.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 60%, Coursework 40%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

This course cannot be taken alongside Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2 (PSYL08015). Please note that spaces on Psychology courses are limited and this subject area is very popular, so enrolment in Psychology courses cannot be guaranteed.

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