Centre for Online Education - Statistics in Psychology

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Statistics in Psychology
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Overview

Gain the ability to critically evaluate the statistical validity of research claims encountered in psychological literature

Duration	16 weeks
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Mode of learning	Online
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Credential	Certificate

Statistics in Psychology
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from IGNOU
Learn from industry expert

Statistics in Psychology
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Course details

Skills you will learn

Excel Regression Anova Statistics Psychology Data analysis

Who should do this course?

Psychologists conducting research studies in various subfields of psychology, including clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, etc
Clinical psychologists and therapists who use statistical analysis to evaluate treatment outcomes, assess patient progress, and conduct research in clinical settings

What are the course deliverables?

Understand core statistical concepts like variables, measurement scales (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio), descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, standard deviation), and probability theory
Gain knowledge of various statistical tests commonly used in psychology research, such as t-tests, chi-square tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and correlation coefficients
Develop the ability to interpret statistical results in the context of psychological research questions, understanding concepts like statistical significance and effect size
Learn to critically evaluate research designs (e.g., experimental, correlational) and methodologies used in psychological studies, considering their strengths and weaknesses
Gain awareness of potential biases that can influence research findings and limitations associated with different statistical tests

More about this course

The course provides basics about Statistics in Psychology. It discusses the meaning, role and application of statistics in research
It describes knowledge related to data organization and graphical representation
It explains descriptive, inferential statistics and orients about parametric and non-parametric statistical techniques
This course also explains data analysis techniques with help of statistical software

Statistics in Psychology
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Curriculum

Introduction to Statistics

Data Organization and Graphical Representation

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Variability

Correlation, Prediction and Regression

Normal Probability Distribution

Introduction to Inferential Statistics

Parametric and Non-parametric Statistics

Two means difference significance test

More than two means difference significance test

Chi-square and Mann Whitney U test

Median Test

Kruskal-Wallis Analysis of Variance

Statistical Analysis Using Microsoft Excell

Computation of descriptive and inferential statistics by using SPSS & Jamovi Software

Statistics in Psychology
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Swayam
Faculty details

Dr Ashwini Kumar

Dr. Ashwini Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India. He has more than 6 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Kumar worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, New Delhi for five years. His research interest areas are Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. Dr. Kumar completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Roorkee) Roorkee, Uttarakhand, He has good number of research publication including book chapters in National and International journals/edited books. He has also completed one research project funded by cluster innovation center (CIC), University of Delhi, New Delhi.

Prof Suhas Shetgovekar

Prof. Suhas Shetgovekar is presently Professor with Discipline of Psychology, IGNOU, New Delhi. She joined IGNOU as a Reader in December, 2010. She earlier served as a Course Director at the Abbé Faria Post Graduate Department of Psychology, St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Goa and has been visiting faculty/ resource person for institutions like Goa Institute of Management, National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Goa , Central Board for Workers Education, Goa, ICFAI, Goa, Saraswat College, Goa, PostGraduate Department of Commerce, St. Xavier’s College, Goa and V.V Giri National Labour Institute, Noida. She has conducted numerous training programmes on behavioural skills in various industries and organizations in Goa. She has also conducted sessions on research and statistics in IGNOU, JNU and DU. She is on the editorial board of IGNOU Journal of Open Learning published by IGNOU. She completed her MA in Psychology (Gold Medalist) and Ph. D in Psychology from Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka. She has been actively involved in teaching psychology, management and related subjects in varied institutions. She has also worked in the area of family counseling and women related issues. She has presented and published papers on topics pertaining to health modernity, women related issues, couple relationship, ethics in psychological research, culture and industrial and organizational psychology. Her prominent publications include Textbook of Parametric and Nonpa