Basic Statistical Method

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
S. P. PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE
SEMESTER-I
EP: 105-BASIC STATISTICAL METHODS
(Major Paper)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Students will acquaint with:

1. Different statistical procedures used in the field of psychology and their applications.
2. Conceptual and computational skills in statistics.
3. The use basic relevant statistical techniques to organize and analyse the practical and project work.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Students will able to:

1. Demonstrate the conceptual understanding of the basic concepts in statistics like measures of central tendency, measures of variability, normal probability, and correlation and regression
2. Apply different statistical techniques in data analysis and perform the calculations of the same.
3. Use different basic statistical techniques of data analysis and interpretation of results.

1.0. BASIC DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

1.1. Overview of measures of central tendency, variability, curves and graphs
1.2. Percentiles, Percentile Ranks and Standard Scores
1.3. Probability: Concept, definition and approaches
1.4. Properties of Normal Distribution Curve
1.5. Applications of Normal Distribution Curve

2.0. CORRELATION AND REGRESSION

2.1. Concept, meaning and nature of correlation
2.2. Pearson’s Product-moment correlation
2.3. Point Bi-serial correlation and Phi co-efficient, Bi-serial and Tetra choric correlation
2.4. Partial and Multiple correlation
2.5. Simple linear regression: Concept and application

NOTES:

1. Students are allowed to use non-scientific calculators during the examination
2. Calculation exercises in the examination shall be restricted to:

a. Percentiles, Percentile Ranks and Standard scores
b. Applications of Normal Probability Curve
c. Product moment correlation exercises and linear regression on an ungrouped data

BOOKS FOR READING:

1. Minium, E. W., King B. M., Bear, G. (1995). Statistical Reasoning in Psychology and Education.
2. Howell, D. C. (1997). Statistical Methods for Psychology (4th Ed).
3. Guilford, J.P. and Fruchter, B. (1985). Fundamental Statistics in Psychology and Education (6th Ed) McGraw-Hill.
4. Fergusson, G.A. (1976). Statistical Analysis in Psychology and Education. McGraw Hill.
5. Mangal, S. K. (2006). Statistics in Psychology and Education. N.D. Prentice Hall.
6. Levin, J. & Fox, J.A. (2006). Elementary Statistics in Social Research. Delhi: Pearson Education.
7. Black, T. R. (1999). Doing Quantitative Research in Social Sciences: An integrated approach to research design, measurement and statistics. London: Sage Publication.
8. Foster, J.J. Data Analysis: Using SPSS for windows. London: Sage Publication.
9. Field, A. (2009). Discovering Statistics Using SPSS. (3rd ed). Sage Publication.