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UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

B.Sc. DEGREE PROGRAMME IN PSYCHOLOGY


SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024

Title of the Course STATISTICS FOR BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE

Year II
Category Elective III Credits 3 Course Code 240E3A
Semester III
Instructional Hours Lecture Tutorial Lab Practice Total
Per week
3 1 -- 4
Objectives of the ● To understand basic statistical concepts.
Course ● To apply concepts of central tendency and variability
● To understand normal distribution and hypothesis testing
● To gain insight into parametric analysis.
● To comprehend non parametric analysis
Course Outline Unit I:Basic statistical concepts
Meaning of statistics-Importance of Statistics in Psychology - Variables and their
types - Concept of Descriptive and Inferential Statistics - Levels of measurement:
Nominal Scale- Ordinal Scale- Interval Scale- Ratio Scale; Organizing qualitative
data - Frequency distribution - cumulative frequency distribution. Graphical
representation of frequency distribution - histogram, frequency polygon, bar
diagram, pie chart, cumulative percentage curve
UNIT II: Central Tendency And Variability
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, median & Mode - Properties and calculation
of grouped and ungrouped data - Guidelines for the Use of Central Tendencies.
Measures of Variability: Range, Average Deviation, Semi Interquartile Range, Q1,
Q3 and Quartile Deviation, variance and Standard Deviation - Properties and
calculation of grouped and ungrouped data - Guidelines for the Use of Measures of
Variability.
UNIT III: Normal Distribution and Hypothesis Testing
The Normal Distribution: Properties and Importance of the Normal Curve- Skewness
- Kurtosis Hypothesis: definition, types - Hypothesis testing process - Type 1 and
Type II errors, significance level (p value) , one tailed and two tailed tests.
UNIT IV: Parametric Statistics
Correlation: Concept and types of Correlation- Calculation of Product Moment
Correlation and Spearman’s Rank; Properties and Significance of Correlation
Co-efficient Conceptoft Tests- Single Sample, Dependent means, Independent
means - Assumptions One way Analysis of Variance: within and between group
variations
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE PROGRAMME IN PSYCHOLOGY
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024

Unit V: Non parametric Statistics


The Chi-Square Statistic: Chi square test for goodness of fit - Assumptions and uses
Rank order test - Mann Whitney U test - sign test - Run test - Wilcoxon's signed
ranks test - Kruskal Wallis test - Assumptions and uses
Extended Professional
Component (is a part of
internal component Questions related to the above topics, from various competitive examinations
only, Not to be included UPSC/TRB/NET/UGC–CSIR/GATE/TNPSC/others to be solved (To be discussed
in the External during the Tutorial hour)
Examination Question
paper)
Skills acquired from this Knowledge, Problem Solving, Analytical ability, Professional Competency,
course Professional Communication and Transferrable Skill
Recommended Text 1. King, B.M. and Minium E W. (2011). Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioural
Sciences. 5th Edition. New Delhi: Wiley student India edition.
2. Aron A, Aron E N and Coups E J. (2007). Statistics for Psychology. New Delhi:
Pearson Education.
3. Argyrous, G. (2011). Statistics for research. New Delhi: Sage South Asia
edition.
4. Gaur A S and Gaur SS ( 2009). Statistical methods for practice and research. A
guide to data analysis using SPSS. 2nd edition. New Delhi: Response - Sage
publication.
5. Haslam S Alexander & Mc Garty Craig. (2003). Research Methods & Statistics
in Psychology. New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Limited.
Reference Books 1. Frederick, J.G, & William, L.B.(2007). Statistics for Behavioural
Sciences.(7thEd.). Thomson Wadsworth.
2. Kothari, C. R. (2008). Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques.
(2ndEd.).New Age International.
3. Chadha, N.K. (2009) Applied Psychometry. Sage Pub: New Delhi.
4. Dyer, C. (2001) Research in Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research
Methodology and Statistics (2nd Ed.) Oxford: Black well Publishers
5. Gregory, R.J. (2006). Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and
Applications (4thEd.). New Delhi: Pearson Education.
6. Murphy, K.R. &Davidshofer, C. O. (2004). Psychological Testing: Principles
&Applications (6th Ed.) New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Website and 1. https://www.scribbr.com/statistics/levels-of-measurement/
e-Learning Source 2. Measures of central tendency - https://youtu.be/HtFZzgFP360
3. https://study.com/academy/lesson/normal-distribution-of-dataexamples-
definition-characteristics.html
4. https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-
statistics/statisticsdefinitions/parametric-and-non-parametric-data/
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE PROGRAMME IN PSYCHOLOGY
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024

Course Outcomes:

On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to

CO1 (K2) To understand and define, to recognize measurements as being one of the four scales,
representing data
CO2 (K3) To understand and calculate measures of central tendency and measures of variability.
CO3 (K3) To understand the concept of normal distribution and hypothesis testing
CO4 (K4) To analyze and interpret raw data using various parametric methods CO5 (K5) To
gain an overview of various non-parametric methods.
.
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