Pamantasan ng Cabuyao

Katapatan Subd., Banaybanay, Cabuyao, Laguna

COLLEGE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Course No. :
Course Title :
Pre-requisite :

PSY102
Psychological Statistics
none

School Year :
Semester
:
Credit Units :

2015 - 2016
1st
5

Department :

Arts and Sciences

General Objectives: After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Apply basic concepts and methods of descriptive and inferential statistics in the design, analysis and interpretation of psychological studies.
Conduct a survey and apply the concepts in statistics to determine the findings regarding the explored phenomenon.
Teaching-Learning
Week No.
Course Objectives
Subjects/Topics
Evaluative Measures
Activities/Strategies
DESCRIPTIVE STASTICS
Define basic concepts in statistics
specifically, descriptive and inferential
1
Basic Concepts in Statistics
Discussion
Quiz
statistics, variable, scales of measurement,
population, sample and parameter.
Differentiate and illustrate the different
Sampling Techniques
Exposition
sampling techniques.
Conduct a survey on an issue
2
Enumerate and describe the different
of the students choice
methods of collecting data and show or
Collection of Data
Exposition
illustrate examples.
Construct a frequency distribution table
Frequency Distribution
Demonstration and Discussion Presentation of data gathered
from a given set of raw data.
3
from the survey in tabular and
Illustrate and present data in graphical
graphical form
Graphs
Exposition
format.
Determine the mean, median and mode of
4
Measures of Central Tendency
Exposition
grouped and ungrouped data.
Quiz
Determine the range, variance and standard
5
Measures of Variation
Exposition
deviation of a given set of data.
6
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Week No.
7

Course Objectives
Determine the corresponding z-scores of a
given set of data and determine its
skewness and kurtosis.

Subjects/Topics

Teaching-Learning
Activities/Strategies

Evaluative Measures

Normal Distribution

Discussion

Quiz

Hypothesis Testing

Discussion

Seatwork

z-test

Exposition

Seatwork and Quiz

t-test

Exposition

Seatwork and Quiz

Analysis of Variance

Discussion

Seatwork and Quiz

Pearson Product-Moment
Correlation Coefficient

Exposition

Seatwork and Quiz

Spearmans Rank Correlation

Coefficient

Exposition

Seatwork and Quiz

INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
8

9 and 10

11 and 12

13
14

15
16

Perform the steps in testing the truth of a

hypothesis.
Apply z-test to determine:
a. Comparison between population and
sample means.
b. Significance of difference between
the population and a sample
proportion.
c. Significance of difference between
two independent proportions.
Apply t-test to determine:
a. Comparison between the population
mean and sample mean.
b. Difference between means of
independent samples.
c. Significance of difference between
two correlated means.
MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS
Determine the significance of the
differences between variances using
analysis of variances.
Determine the linear relationship between
the two random variables x and y using
Pearson Product-Moment correlation
coefficient or Pearson r
Use Spearman Rho to test hypothesis for
ranked data entries.

Week No.

Course Objectives
Apply Chi-Square in:
a. Test of Independence
b. Goodness of Fit
c. Testing the significance of
difference between two proportions
FINAL EXAMINATIONS

17 and 18

19

Course Requirements
I.
Term Examination
II.
Quizzes/Exercises
III.
Class Participation
IV.
Output

Subjects/Topics

Teaching-Learning
Activities/Strategies

Evaluative Measures

Chi-Square

Discussion

Quiz

50%
20%
10%
20%
_____
100%

Grading System
Final Grade

= Prelim Grade + Midterm Grade + Final Grade

(30%)
(30%)
(40%)

Classroom Policies
Tardiness will not be tolerated. Being late for 15 minutes in a 1 hour class or 30 minutes for a 3 hour class is considered absent.
Students who are causing disruptions during class hours will be punished as defined in the student manual.
Special exams will only be given to students who were able to secure an excuse slip from the OSA as defined in the student manual.
References
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Elizabeth B Parreo and Ronel O. Jimenez (2014), Basic Statistics A Worktext, C & E Publishing, Inc., Quezon City.
Ken Black (2010), Business Statistics for Contemporary Decision Making: Sixth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., USA

Prepared by:
Grace G. Cadag

Assistant Professor II