SPECIAL NOTE:
part of the core program in Psychology and must be taken by students proceeding to a Psychology major
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
KHA201
H,L
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Sem 1
25-FEB-2008
20-MAR-2008
14-APR-2008
30-MAY-2008
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
Students will be introduced to experimental design, experimental methodology, and statistical techniques to analyse and interpret data from psychological research. The methodology component will cover principles of the scientific method, research design and research methodology with the aim of developing skills to facilitate planning of independent research and critical evaluation of published research. The data analysis component will cover the logic of hypothesis testing and introduce descriptive and inferential statistical methods to analyse and interpret data including correlation, t-tests and analysis of variance. The laboratory component will emphasise data analysis and interpretation using computer-based statistical packages.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2-hr exam in June (5%), weekly exercises andassignments totalling 2500 words (35%)and a practical exam(15%).
TEACHING PATTERN: Two 1-hr lectures and a 2-hr lab class weekly (13 wks)
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
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