Statistical Methods for Psychological Research-II

Paper Code: 
PSY 613
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To educate students with the techniques of inferential statistics and hypothesis testing.

9.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Inferential Statistics:

Sampling; Standard Error of Measurement- Mean, SD; Inference from Large and Small Samples; Degrees of Freedom; Setting up Confidence Intervals for the Population Mean

9.00
Unit II: 
Hypothesis Testing:

the Difference between Two Independent Means: Null and the Alternative Hypotheses; One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Tests; Computation  and Interpretation of t values; Errors in Hypothesis Testing

9.00
Unit III: 
One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA):

Purpose and Assumptions; One-Way Analysis of Variance (Independent Samples) Comparison of t and F

9.00
Unit IV: 
Hypothesis Testing for Categorical Variables and Inference about Frequencies:

Calculation of the Chi-Square- One Way Classification; Two Classification Variables-Contingency Table Analysis

9.00
Unit V: 
Nonparametric Approaches to Data:

Introduction to Distribution-free Nonparametric Tests; Comparison with Parametric Tests; Mann Whitney  U Test, Spearman Correlation

Essential Readings: 
  • Aron, A., & Aron, E. N., & Coups, E. J. (2007). Statistics for Psychology (4th Ed). India: Prentice Hall.
  • Chadha, N. K. (1991). Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences. New Delhi: Reliance Pub. House.
  • Field, A. (2009). Discovering Statistics using SPSS (3rd Ed). New Delhi :Sage
  • King, B. M. & Minium, E. W. (2007). Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences (5th Ed). USA: John Willey
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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