Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in psychology (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is specially intended for students involved in a master thesis using quantitative methodology. It will cover the various stages involved in planning and interpreting the results of a quantitative study in psychology (choice of statistical analysis, sampling, sample size, etc.). A particular attention will be devoted to the correct interpretation of results and to typical errors to be avoided when analyzing data.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Plan a study based on quantitative methodology (formulate and operationalize hypotheses, determine sample size, choose experimental design, etc.).
- Select appropriate quantitative measurement tools.
- Organize and clean a database.
- Correctly choose statistical treatments to test hypotheses.
- Properly interpret the results of statistical analyses.
- Show critical thinking in data interpretation.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students are expected to master the basic principles of descriptive and inferential statistics form the courses of Psychostatistics in the bachelor in psychology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Teachers:
E. Quertemont, Tel: 04/366.21.05, equertemont@uliege.be
V. Didone, Tel: 04/366.22.63, vdidone@uliege.be