Undergraduate Course: Psychology Methodology 1 (PSYL10034)
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 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Psychology | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course covers a range of advanced, mainly multivariate, methods used in data analysis and includes a series of exercises to allow the development of SPSS skills. The examination consists of a set of compulsory short questions. These questions will focus in part on writing short notes on key topics and in part on commenting on outputs from data analyses. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:   
Psychology 2 (PSYL08002)  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Psychology courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) and a basic background in statistics. We will only consider University/College level courses. | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
		Monday | 
		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  16:10 - 18:00 |  |  
| First Class | 
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| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Psychology Methodology 1 | 2:00 |  |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Psychology Methodology 1 | 2:00 |  |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
- Understanding of the theory underlying the statistical techniques covered in the course. 
 
- Ability to perform SPSS analyses on data using the statistical techniques covered in the course. 
 
- Ability to choose appropriate analyses for different types of datasets. 
 
- Understanding and use of stastistical power | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Degree Exam (100%) |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Transferable skills | 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Wendy Johnson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 1304 
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Course secretary | Ms Fiona Graham 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3440 
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