PSYB19-110 for Psychology BA students at the Eötvös Loránd, University
This course (PSYB19-110 for Psychology BA at ELTE) includes both lecture and seminar classes. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR BOTH ON THE NEPTUN SYSTEM! Make sure you got into BOTH classes, otherwise you will NOT be able to complete the course. Please note that many of the students did not get into seminars in the fall semester, but there will be a Stat course in the spring semester too, with enough practical courses for all!
The lecture is held by Anna Veres-Székely szekely.anna@ppk.elte.hu please send an email to set an appointment via email
Goal of the lecture is to provide theoretical background for understanding fundamental issues of statistical reasoning.
Resources are provided in a Course Google Drive, to which the link is sent via a Neptun mail in the second week of the semester to the students registered for the course. (pre-provided lecture materials summarize the topics covered on the lectures - these may be viewed at any time on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNRmHCgvp2PG5xkIT7Zt8Va-kJFw6XOf4)
Seminars are held by Eszter Kótyuk, Andrei Mateus and Virág Scheller please send an email to set an appointment via email: kotyuk.eszter@ppk.elte.hu / andrei.delgado@ppk.elte.hu / s.virag97@gmail.com
Goal of the seminars is to develop basic practical skills in statistical analyses.
We use JASP: a free statistical program in class, available here: https://jasp-stats.org/download/
The Final Grade for the course with code PSYB19-110 is the mean of the exam (50%) and seminar (50%) grades, if both are above 1 (rounded according to mathematical rules).
- The seminar is graded from 1-5 based on two midterms and coursework throughout the classes. Two successful midterm is mandatory for the final Statistics Practical grade. For those who has successful midterms based on Midterm 1 and Midterm 2 the third (Midterms 3) is optional.
- The written exam is based on theoretical knowledge from the lectures and literature, graded from 1-5.
The final grade for the course will be administered as a single grade through the lecture course after you’ve signed up for exams (and have taken the exam) in the examination period of the semester.
Suggested readings:
Selected chapters from the course handbook:
Minium, E.W., Clarke, R.C., Colodarci, T. (1999) 2nd ed.: Elements of statistical reasoning. Wiley: New York
Andy Field (2009) Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (ISBN: 9781847879073)
Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study by David Lane and colleagues
Selected chapters from further handbooks and articles on various topics are discussed in class (see in the lecture outlines in the Course Google Drive).