Postgraduate Course: Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R (PSYL11053)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This semester long course is taught using a combination of lab and lecture sessions and is suitable for students following Masters programmes in Psychology and Linguistics It takes students from introduction to basic statistics and an introduction to the basics of the R package, to competence in the standard univariate methodology and analysis using R.
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, based on the S language. R is a flexible and increasingly popular package for statistical analysis. It provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques, including facilities to produce well-designed publication-quality plots.
Design and analysis are taught under a unifying framework which shows a) how research problems and design should inform which statistical method to use and b) that all statistical methods are special cases of a more general model. The course concentrates on research designs and analysis for problems in which there is a single outcome variable and would be taught using the general linear model as a framework to design and analysis.
Typical Syllabus:
* Methods of science and refresher on descriptive
* Introduction to R statistics
* Refresher in inferential statistics including Hypothesis testing, Type I vs. Type II errors, p-values, power, correlation, chi-squares, linear regression
* Introduction to data analysis using R
* Multiple regression
* Multiple regression analysis using R
* The general linear model (GLM) including continuous DV models, including ANOVA, ANCOVA, mixed designs, Defries-Fulker analysis
* General linear models with continuous DVs in R |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Students should know which statistical analyses are appropriate to the research design of particular studies.
- Understand how a common framework unifies seemingly disparate data analysis methods.
- Use the R statistical package to analyze real data, be able to interpret the outputs, and create any required graphs.
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Assessment Information
End of course assignment: a data analysis exercise (take home exam).
We consider the completion of lab work sheets and take home mini assignments to be an essential preparation for the exam. All components must be submitted in order to pass the course. |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Adam Moore
Tel: (0131 6)50 3369
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Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
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