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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
In this unit you will develop the analytical skills that are necessary for understanding and carrying out quantitative psychological research. You will examine theoretical information as well as develop in-depth practical knowledge and skills in using a computer-based statistical package through hands-on exercises.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Students must be enrolled in CC42 Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours)
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2021
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback
The textbook does not suit all students
The textbook is still an important part of the unit and is recommended for the students to have as a resource. Previously, the unit has relied heavily on the textbook. With new lecture and demonstration recordings, the unit is moving away from this reliance. The unit coordinator has explored dozens of other potential textbooks, and found that no one text covers everything that is required in this unit. The only other alternative is to recommend two or more textbooks, and this is not a viable alternative. The Field textbook is particularly useful both for this unit, because it contains a large amount of practice material, and also for studies and research going forward, because it contains a lot of information about alternative analyses when assumptions are violated, amongst other things. It is for these reasons that the textbook is still an important part of the unit, and is recommended, although complete reliance on the textbook has been minimised.
Feedback from Student feedback
Zoom meetings are at a time that does not suit all students
The Zoom sessions will continue to be run outside of work hours in order to be accessible to as many students as possible and will be recorded. Students who cannot attend the session can ask questions before or after the Zoom session on the forums.
- Demonstrate an indepth knowledge of a variety of advanced statistical analytic techniques
- Demonstrate the correct implementation of a variety of advanced statistical analytic techniques
- Choose appropriate statistical analyses relevant to specific research designs.
Learning outcomes fulfil the level 2 pre-professional core competencies required by the updated Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) guidelines. The learning outcomes also meet the study criteria as specified by the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) as appropriate for study at level 8 as stated by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | |||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 60% | |||
| 3 - Online Test - 20% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 60% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Online Test - 20% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics
Edition: 5th (2018)
Authors: Andy Field
Sage
London London , UK
ISBN: 9781526419521
Binding: Paperback
SPSS Statistics : A Practical Guide
Edition: 4th edn (2018)
Authors: Allen , Bennett & Heritage
Cengage Learning
Andover Andover , UK
ISBN: 9780170421140
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Student will have purchased these texts in the previous unit PSYC13015.