Basic statistics

obowiązkowe

Students will receive an English script based on the following publications:

Brzeziński, J. (2005). Metodologia badań psychologicznych. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Bedyńska, S., Brzezicka, A (red.). (2007). Statystyczny Drogowskaz. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo SWPS Academica.

Coe, R. (2002). It's the effect size, stupid: What effect size is and why it is important.

Cumming, G. (2013). Understanding the new statistics: Effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis. Routledge.

Ferguson, G. A., Takane, Y. (2002). Analiza statystyczna w psychologii i pedagogice. Warszawa: Wyd. Naukowe PWN.

King B.M., Minium E.W. (2009) Statystyka dla psychologów i pedagogów. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

The course aims to introduce students to the research methodology using statistical methods in quantitative terms.

1. Creating the database.

2. Types of variables and measuring scales.

3. Descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, standard deviation, quartiles, minimum and maximum).

4. Data visualization - histograms.

5. t test for two independent tests.

6. t-test for two dependent samples.

7. Pearson r correlation.

Students will receive an English script based on the following publications:

Field, A. (2017). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics: North American edition. London: Sage.

Francuz P. i Mackiewicz R. (2006). Liczby nie wiedzą, skąd pochodzą. Przewodnik po metodologii i statystyce nie tylko dla psychologów. Lublin: KUL

Knowledge:

k_W01 - knowledge of the role of statistical analysis and research methodology in the development of humanities

k_W02 - knowledge of the terminology used in statistical analysis

k_W07 - knowledge of ethical principles that should be followed when carrying out scientific research

Skills:

k_U01 - ability to use statistical terms in the description of the obtained results

k_U02 - ability to critically interpret obtained results

k_U03 - ability to choose the appropriate statistical method and interpretation of the obtained results

k_U06 - ability to independently formulate research questions and research problems, and choose the appropriate method to verify them

Competences:

k_K01 - competence in planning the research process

k_K05 - competences in the field of research ethics and statistical analysis

practical test - performing tasks with the help of a statistical program - i.e. a test checking the practical use of knowledge / competence and skills) + homework (a set of homework [2] exercises entitles students to increase their grade by 0.5)

the final grade will be determined based on the obtained number of points according to rules:

• 3.0: if the student scores above 60% points

• 4.0: if the student obtains above 75% of points

• 5.0: if the student scores above 90% points