Research Methods and Data Analysis I Introduction

Vocabulary and key administrative terminology from the Research Methods and Data Analysis I (PSYC1010) introductory lecture.

PSYC1010

The core unit for Research Methods and Data Analysis I that requires a pass mark of 40% to progress to Year 2.

PSYC1019

A Year 1 unit taught in the next semester that involves report writing and putting knowledge from PSYC1010 into practice.

Midterm assignment

A summative assignment worth 29.5% of the final grade, requiring students to design a study.

MCQ tests

Four tests scheduled in weeks 5, 8, 11, and 15 that together account for 8% of the module's assessment.

Final exam

An assessment worth 60% of the grade involving computational tasks performed by hand and using SPSS.

Research participation

An assessment component worth 2.5% of the total unit grade.

Andy Field’s “Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics”

The essential core book recommended for purchase; editions 4 or later are recommended.

Howitt and Cramer’s “Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology”

A non-compulsory book available in the library as an additional resource for the module.

Miles and Banyard’s “Understanding and using statistics in Psychology”

An optional textbook listed as a supplementary resource for research methods and statistics.

Lab meetings

Scheduled sessions in specific weeks where students learn how to collect data using an eye-tracker.

Lecture 9 Topic

Z-scores, taught by Sylwia.

Lecture 10 Topic

Sampling Theory/ Central Limit Theorem, taught by Sylwia.

Lecture 11 Topic

Hypothesis Testing, taught by Sylwia.

Lecture 8 Topic

Shapes and Distributions, taught by Sylwia.

Lecture 5 Topic

Research Approaches, taught by Haden.