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Mathematical Statistics in Psychology (SL_049)
About Study Course
Department: Statistics Unit
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Silva Seņkāne
Study type:Part-Time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Psychology
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Part-Time, Full time
Branch of science:Other Sub-Branches of Psychology; Psychology
Objective
To present the basics of statistical data processing, statistical methods and the possibilities for their application, to develop the skills to process and analyse the data obtained from the psychological study and to interpret the results.
Prerequisites
General psychology, knowledge relevant to the level of secondary education in information and mathematics.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
1.Students define basic concepts of mathematical statistics, describe techniques and methods of mathematical statistics, name and describe basic principles of data analysis in Excel, Jasp
Skills
1.Knows how to enter and encode data
Competence
1.Students are able to decide on the use of appropriate data processing methods in each particular situation, to prove the hypotheses put forward or to clarify research questions
