Postgraduate Course: Psychology Methodology 1 (PSYL11007)
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 |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course covers a range of advanced, mainly multivariate, methods used in data analysis and includes a series of practicals 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.
Teaching in commom with UG Course U00651 Psychology Methodology 1.
Venue: Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre 2 |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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 |
Assessment Information
| 3 exercises of equal weighting totalling 100% |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
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Course secretary |
Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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