Syllabus (PSYCHOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-13

Semester: 7

Course Code: BPSYMAJ13T

Course Title: ADVANCED STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: To impart the theoretical knowledge of statistical methods and their application in psychological research.

Learning Outcome: After completion of the course, the student shall be able to understand to: 1) Articulate basic principles and utility of various statistical methods. 2) Identify the importance of parametric assumptions and consequences of estimating statistical paramete

Course Contents:

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION

Inferential statistics - Parametric and nonparametric; univariate, bivariate and multivariate statistics; Data screening and perpetration for statistical analysis, choosing an appropriate Statistical Test: Model, efficiency and measurement.

UNIT: 2 INFERENTIAL STATISTICS:

Analysis of variance- concept, assumptions, calculation and uses of two way and Factorial ANOVA. Post-hoc comparisons; Multivariate Analysis of Variance;

UNIT 3: CORRELATION STATISTICS

Biserial , point-biserial, partial and multiple Correlation. Exploring relationship: Multiple regression analyses -Simultaneous, hierarchical and Statistical strategies; Interpretation and tabular presentation of results. Phi, Tetrachoric and Contingency Coefficient: Uses and computation, Comparison of Phi-coefficient and Tetrachoric correlations.

UNIT 4: NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS I

Concepts, uses and computation: Chi-Square, Median test, Wilcoxon test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov one- and two-sample tests

UNIT 5: NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS II

Kruskal-Wallis H test, Friedman two way analysis of variance, Kendall's coefficient of concordance.

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