Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code AHA30001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 心理学統計法
Subject Name
(Katakana)
シンリガクトウケイホウ
Subject Name in
English
Psychological Statistics
Instructor KONG GARRY KA FAI
Instructor
(Katakana)
コング ギャリー カー フェイ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Fri5-8:IAS L201
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
Classes will be half lecture-based, half-practice based. 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 24 : Social Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 06 : Psychology
Eligible Students
Keywords Psychology, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics, Research Methods 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
This class is positioned as an introductory class for acquiring essential skills for conducting psychological and behavioral science research.
Students who wish to conduct their graduation research in the Human Behavioral Science course are required to take this class. 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Integrated Arts and Sciences
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
・The ability and skills to specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues.
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Class Objectives
1) Understand and perform the common statistical analyses used in psychology
2) Learn to describe data to another person
3) Learn to think in a statistical and/or empirical mindset

Class Outline
In this course, you will learn about how psychologists (and indeed most social scientists) measure the intangible, i.e., thoughts, feelings and opinions. You will be shown examples of how people apply these techniques, both rightly and wrongly, and be taught how to apply these statistical analyses for yourself.
 
Class Schedule lesson1 Descriptive statistics and Excel
lesson2 Central Tendency and Variance
lesson3 Sampling and Distributions
lesson4 Central Limit Theorem [Assignment 1]
lesson5  t-test
lesson6 ANOVA
lesson7 Mean Comparison Review (On-demand)
lesson8 Mean Comparison Review (On-demand) [Assignment 2]
lesson9 Correlation
lesson10 Regression [Assignment 3]
lesson11 Correlation and Regression Review (On-demand)
lesson12 Power and Errors (On-demand)
lesson13 Measurement and Experimental Design (On-demand)
lesson14 Chisquare Tests (On-demand)
lesson15 Revision

Final Exam 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
None 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) PC-necessary 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
You will practice statistical analysis in class. If you do not finish in class, what remains will be homework. A quiz based on the contents of the task will uploaded to Moodle. Complete the homework and quizzes in a timely manner and you will do fine in this course.  
Requirements None 
Grading Method 20% Quiz Completion
12% Assignment 1 Mark
14% Assignment 2 Mark
14% Assignment 3 Mark
40% Final Exam Mark
 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Bring a laptop to class 
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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