HU Credits: 3

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: psychology

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Ram Frost

Coordinator Email: frost@mscc.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Upon advanced coordination

Teaching Staff:
Prof Ram Frost
Ms. Moran Israel
Ms. Moran Sela
Mr. Yochanan Bigman
Ms. Yasmin Abofoul

Course/Module description:
The course will focus on different statistical methods, with reference to prevailing research paradigms in
Psychology.

Course/Module aims:
To master basic methods for data analyses in Psychological research.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Carry out commonly used statistical analyses.
Understanding the method of analysis of variance.
Embrace quantitative approaches to assess experimental data.

Attendance requirements(%):
none

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures and exercises

Course/Module Content:
T-tests; paired sample t-test.
F distribution, one-way analysis of variance.
Planned contrasts.
Post-hoc contrasts.
Two way analysis of variance.
Effect size for analysis of variance.
Non - parametric tests.
Regression and correlation.
Repeated measures design.

Required Reading:
none

Additional Reading Material:
Hays, W. L. (1981). Statistics. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
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