Statistical Models 3H PSYCH4037

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course provides an overview of basic statistical modelling for the analysis of psychological data. 

Timetable

Weekly one-hour lectures

Requirements of Entry

Entry to Honours Psychology is guaranteed by a B2 average over Psychology 2A and 2B.

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Two 1-hour practical skills assessments, each worth 50% of the total grade, occurring at the midpoint and end of the semester.

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable for Honours courses

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Course Aims

To teach students a conceptual understanding of basic statistical modelling approaches to the analysis of psychological data and the practical skills to apply these approaches and interpret statistical output.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Integrate knowledge about study design and statistics to formulate and estimate the General Linear Model (GLM) appropriate to the various types of study designs encountered in psychology

■ Visualise and interpret various effects (including interactions) in multi-way designs.

■ Estimate linear mixed-effects models and describe their relation to traditional techniques such as ANOVA and multiple regression.

■ Formulate and estimate path models and interpret the statistical output.

■ Perform logistic regression and explain and interpret the statistical output.

■ Create reproducible data analysis scripts and reports within the R statistical programming environment.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.