RSNE3013 – Basic concepts in Statistics

This course gives students an introduction to both theoretical and applied concepts in statistics. Descriptive and simple inferential statistics will be focused upon. Core content includes understanding standard scores and percentiles, running simple statistical tests, and indentification of statistical tests in research.

This course is jointly taught with RSNE4013.

Knowledge

After completing the course, you should have basic gained knowledge about:

• variables and how to describe them
• basic notions of probability as a frequency or proportion
• standard scores and percentiles
• basic inferential statistical tests such as t-tests and correlations

Skills

After completing the course, you should be able to:

• formulate research questions in terms of associations among variables
• comfortably convert between standard scores, standardized and scaled scores; and interpret these in terms of percentiles
• use of a statistical software, such as Jamovi
• run simple statistical tests to compare groups and examine correlations among variables, and interpret the results of these tests at a basic level
• read and report simple statistical tests according to APA guidelines

General competence

After completing the course, you should have gained:

• the statistical foundation necessary for scoring and interpreting psychoeducational tests
• a more solid foundation for reading and understanding professional and basic research articles in your field
• improved computer skills including use of statistical software

The teaching consists of lectures and seminars. Parts of the teaching are compulsory.

Compulsory components:

• Individual written assignment(s)
• Seminars

The compulsory components must be completed and approved in order to sit the exam and are valid for three years.

Refer to the guidelines for attendance in compulsory teaching sessions.