AHA30001 Psychological Statistics

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year 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) Tues9-10,Thur9-10：IAS K314

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)

Classes will be half lecture-based, half-practice based.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 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　Distributions and Excel
lesson2　Sampling and Descriptives
lesson3　Variance and Central Limit [Assignment 1]
lesson4　z-test, t-test
lesson5　ANOVA
lesson6　Interaction Effects and Contrasts [Assignment 2]
lesson7　Scales and Measurement (On-demand)
lesson8　Within-Subjects and Experimental Design
lesson9　Correlation [Assignment 3]
lesson10 Correlation Problems (On-demand)
lesson11 Chi-square Tests (On-demand)
lesson12 Power and Errors (On-demand)
lesson13 Regression [Assignment 3 Due]
lesson14 Multiple Regression
lesson15 Revision

Final Exam

Text/Reference
Books,etc. None

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Handouts, Visual Materials, Other (see [More Details]), moodle

(More Details) PC-necessary

Learning techniques to be incorporated Quizzes/ Quiz format, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning)

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.

Academic Year	2025Year	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) Tues9-10,Thur9-10：IAS K314
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)
Classes will be half lecture-based, half-practice based.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	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　Distributions and Excel lesson2　Sampling and Descriptives lesson3　Variance and Central Limit [Assignment 1] lesson4　z-test, t-test lesson5　ANOVA lesson6　Interaction Effects and Contrasts [Assignment 2] lesson7　Scales and Measurement (On-demand) lesson8　Within-Subjects and Experimental Design lesson9　Correlation [Assignment 3] lesson10 Correlation Problems (On-demand) lesson11 Chi-square Tests (On-demand) lesson12 Power and Errors (On-demand) lesson13 Regression [Assignment 3 Due] lesson14 Multiple Regression lesson15 Revision Final Exam
Text/Reference Books,etc.	None
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Visual Materials, Other (see [More Details]), moodle
(More Details)	PC-necessary
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Quizzes/ Quiz format, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning)
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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