Psychology 3800F 001 FW24
Psychological Statistics Using Computers
Western University
London Canada
Department of Psychology
Fall/Winter 2024
Psychology 3800F Section 001
Psychological Statistics Using Computers
1 Calendar Description
This course covers most statistical procedures used in psychological research, and the use and interpretation of SPSS for Windows. Topics covered include the t test, various forms of analysis of variance, chi-square, bivariate and multiple regression and correlation, factor analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, and Monte Carlo methods.
https://www.registrar.uwo.ca/academics/timetables.html
Antirequisites: Psychology 3830 F/G, Psychology 3850 F/G
Prerequisites: Both Psychology 2850A/B and Psychology 2851A/B and both Psychology 2855F/G and Psychology 2856F/G or Psychology 2820E or both Psychology 2800E and Psychology 2810.
2 lecture hours; 2 laboratory hours; Course Weight: 0.5
Unless you have either the prerequisites for this course or written special permission from your Dean to enrol in it, you may be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary prerequisites.
2 Course Information
Instructor: Caroline Strang
Phone: 519.661.2111 ex.89759
Office Hours: see Brightspace for details
Email: cstrang@uwo.ca
Time and Location of Classes: See Student Centre for Timetable
For courses that include an online component, students must have a reliable internet connection and computer that are compatible with online learning system requirements.
3 Course Materials
- There are two texts for this course, and both are free. They are very similar but differ in the software they refer to in the examples. Otherwise, they are mostly interchangeable.
- The Jamovi text can be downloaded at https://www.learnstatswithjamovi.com/
Navarro D.J. and Foxcroft D.R. (2019). Learning statistics with jamovi: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners (Version 0.70). doi: 10.24384/hgc3- 7p15
- The JASP text is available at https://learnstatswithjasp.com/ Navarro DJ, Foxcroft DR, Faulkenberry TJ. (2019). Learning statistics with JASP: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners.
The texts are here to support your understanding of the different analyses we will cover with additional information, should you need it. Some people will find them helpful and others less so. Important concepts will be covered in lecture and lab, so I consider these texts secondary to our in-class work
- You will also need to download the statistical software packages we’ll use, Jamovi & JASP. Both are free. Jamovi can be downloaded at https://www.jamovi.org/download.html (choose the “solid” version) and JASP can be downloaded at https://jasp-stats.org/download/
- You should also have Microsoft Excel installed from the UWO Microsoft 365 Office package site (free for students): https://wts.uwo.ca/sitelicense/microsoft/install_office.html
4 Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcome |
Learning Activity |
Assessment |
Depth and Breadth of Knowledge · Interpret the output of statistical tests |
lectures, laboratory activities, group discussions, readings, assignments |
Exam results reports, homework assignments, and lab activities |
Knowledge of Methodologies · Determine the appropriate statistical tests for various data |
Exam, results reports, homework assignments, and lab activities |
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Application of Knowledge · Critique drafts, provide useful feedback, and revise work based on feedback |
Results reports |
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Communication Skills · Revise written work based on feedback from peers |
Results reports |
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Autonomy and Professional Capacity · Give and receive feedback, and use that feedback to reflect on gaps in knowledge |
Results reports |
5 Evaluation
Results Reports (15% of course grade for each report): You must complete two Results Reports during the term, each worth 15% of your final grade. You will be required to perform statistical tests using Jamovi or JASP and write a Results-type section in APA format. You will also be required to submit your Jamovi/JASP output. We will be using peer review for these reports. You will submit an initial report, which will be reviewed by a peer, and then you will revise your report based on the feedback you receive. The peer review process will be graded and worth 5% of the 15% value of the results reports. More information about the reports, including the procedures for peer review, will be available in class and on the course website. Results Reports will be approximately 2 pages/500 words in length.
Learning-Check Quizzes (0% of course grade): After each week’s class meeting, there will be a very short nongraded quiz available on the course website. You will need to complete the quiz in order to access the homework assignment for that week. You will get feedback on your answers immediately after you finish. Again, these quizzes are retrieval practice with that week’s analysis and highlight concepts you may need to study further.
Homework Assignments (20% of course grade): On some weeks, indicated in the course schedule, there will be an activity to complete and turn in using Jamovi or JASP. The assignments vary in format, but will typically require completing an analysis and providing short written responses to 2-5 questions. There will be 6 homework assignments total, but we will count only your best 5 marks (each assignment is worth 4%, for a total of 20% of your final grade).
Application Quiz (20% of course grade): The Application Quiz is intended to assess you understanding of activities done during labs throughout the term. The Application Quiz is open book/open notes and will be conducted in class through the course website. It will exclusively cover information from labs, with questions being modified versions of activities done during labs through the term. You will apply your knowledge of statistics to determine the appropriate test for a set of data, infer an experimental design based on a data sheet or results output, and run statistical tests and interpret the output. T
Final Exam (30% of course grade): You will be required to perform statistical tests using Jamovi or JASP and write a Results-type section in APA format. You will also be required to submit your Jamovi/JASP output. The Final Exam will be the same format as the Results Reports, but will be done during an in-person exam. It will be open book/open notes.
The evaluation and testing formats for this course were created to assess the learning objectives as listed in section 4 and are necessary for meeting these learning objectives
Policy on Missing Coursework
University policy on academic considerations are described here. This policy requires that all requests for academic considerations must be accompanied by a self-attestation. Further information about academic considerations, and information about submitting this self-attestation with your academic consideration request may be found here. Please note that any academic considerations granted in this course will be determined by the instructor, in consultation with the academic advisors in your Faculty of Registration, in accordance with information presented in this course outline.
Results Reports: There will be no late penalty applied for 72h following the deadline for the Initial Results Reports. Reports submitted after this 72h window cannot be included in the peer review portion of the assignment and students will receive a zero for that portion of the Results Report grade. Reports that are not submitted by the peer review deadline, but are submitted by the Revised Report deadline will not incur additional late penalties due to missing the peer review portion. There will be no late penalty applied for 72h following the Revised Report deadline. After 72h a late penalty of 5% per day, with weekends counting as a single day, will be applied.
Students who have approved accommodations for the peer review portion of a Results Report will be required to complete a ‘self-peer review’ process in which they revise their own work in the identical steps as the peer-review to obtain a grade on the revision process.
Learning-Check Quizzes: Learning check quizzes are ungraded and there is no penalty for missing them.
Homework Assignments: There will be 6 homework assignments total, but only the 5 best will count towards the final course grade. No late penalty will be applied until 48h following the deadline. After 48h and penalty of 5%/day will be applied with weekends counting as a single day. Please note, because not all elements of this assessment are required in the calculation of the final course grade, the instructor reserves the right to deny academic consideration for these missed elements.
Laboratory Application Quiz: Students who are granted accommodations for the Application Quiz will complete a timed take-home laboratory assignment to makeup the grade.
Final Exam: The Final Exam takes place in the final exam period and is subject to the university rules for examinations scheduled by the registrar (i.e. supporting documentation is required for accommodation).
Because this is an essay course, as per Senate Regulations, you must pass the essay component to pass the course. That is, the average mark for your written assignments must be at least 50%.
The Psychology Department follows Western’s grading guidelines: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/general/grades_undergrad.pdf
The expectation for course grades within the Psychology Department is that they will be distributed around the following averages:
70% 1000-level to 2099-level courses
72% 2100-2999-level courses
75% 3000-level courses
80% 4000-level courses
In the event that course grades are significantly higher or lower than these averages, instructors may be required to make adjustments to course grades. Such adjustment might include the normalization of one or more course components and/or the re-weighting of various course components.
Policy on Grade Rounding
Please note that although course grades within the Psychology Department are rounded to the nearest whole number, no further grade rounding will be done. No additional assignments will be offered to enhance a final grade; nor will requests to change a grade because it is needed for a future program be considered.
6 Assessment/Evaluation Schedule
Component |
Weight |
Date/ Deadline |
Results Report #1 |
15% |
Initial Report deadline Oct 3; Peer-review deadline Oct 7; Revised Report deadline Oct 14 |
Results Report #2 |
15% |
Initial Report deadline Nov 14; Peer-review deadline Nov 21; Revised Report deadline Nov 25 |
Homework Assignments (best 5/6) |
20% |
See class schedule for homework assignment weeks Due 12pm Thurs |
Application Quiz |
20% |
Nov 28 In-class |
Final Exam |
30% |
Final Exam Period |
7 Class Schedule
Class/Week |
Date |
Description |
JAMOVI or JASP text Chapter |
Assignments and/or Readings Due |
1 |
Sept 5th |
Welcome, basic concepts review, problems w/NHST, effect size |
Jamovi 9 (you might like the reviews in 1, 2, 7, & 8, too) |
Complete learning check quiz (not graded!). |
2 |
Sept 12th |
Correlation |
Jamovi 12.1 – 12.2 |
Complete learning check quiz; Jamovi correlation homework due Sept 19 at noon |
3 |
Sept 19th |
Simple Linear Regression |
Jamovi 12.4 |
Complete learning check quiz; Jamovi regression homework due Sept 26 at noon |
4 |
Sept 26th |
Multiple Regression |
Jamovi 12.5- 12.7, 12.8.2 |
Complete learning check quiz; Correlation/Regression Report: • Initial draft due Thursday, Oct 3 at 11:55pm• Sent out for peer review feedback Monday, Oct 7 at 9am • Peer review feedback due Thursday Oct 10 at 9am • Revision + Cover letter due 11:55pm Monday Oct 14th |
5 |
Oct 3rd |
t test |
JASP 10.2- 10.5, 10.7 |
No homework, but learning check quiz will be available |
6 |
Oct 10th |
Oneway Analysis of Variance |
JASP 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6.1 – 12.6.3 |
Complete learning check quiz; t-test /Oneway homework due 12pm Oct 24 |
7 |
Oct 17th |
Fall Reading Week |
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8 |
Oct 24th |
Factorial Analysis of Variance |
JASP 13.1- 13.4.1 (note that we will always be including the interaction) |
Complete learning check quiz; JASP factorial ANOVA homework due 12pm Thursday, Oct 31 |
9 |
Oct 31st |
Repeated Measures ANOVA |
JASP 12.8 |
Complete learning check quiz; JASP RM ANOVA homework due 12pm Thurs, Nov 7 |
10 |
Nov 7th |
Mixed Analysis of Variance |
Lecture slides |
Complete learning check quiz; ANOVA report • Initial draft due 11:55pm Thurs, Nov 14 • Peer feedback opens Monday Nov 18 at 9am • Peer feedback due Thursday Nov 21st at 9am • Revision + Cover letter due 11:55pm Monday Nov 25 |
11 |
Nov 14th |
ANOVA variations: MANOVA & ANCOVA |
JASP 13.5 |
Complete learning check quiz; ANOVA variations homework due 12pm Thurs, Nov 21 (time will be given to complete the homework during class) |
12 |
Nov 21st |
Factor Analysis (PCA) |
Lecture slides |
No homework, but learning check quiz will be available |
13 |
Nov 28th |
Lab Application Quiz (open notes) in class |
Notes/activities from labs |
Results will be posted on the course website |
14 |
Dec 5th |
Exam Prep Office Hours: 9:30-12:30 |
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Final Exam Period |
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Final Exam |
Notes/activities from the term |
Results Report Format |
8 Academic Integrity
Scholastic offences are taken seriously, and students are directed to read the appropriate policy, specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence, at the following Web site: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/scholastic_discipline_undergrad.pdf.
Possible penalties for a scholastic offence include failure of the assignment/exam, failure of the course, suspension from the University, and expulsion from the University.
Statement on Use of Electronic Devices
Students can use electronic devices in class (laptops, tablets, cell phones). Please do so respectfully and avoid distracting classmates, the professor, or teaching assistant.
Use of electronic devices is permitted during in-class assessments/exams only to access course work/textbook/notes. Students are not permitted to use email or messaging during in-class assessments/exams.
Plagiarism Detection Software
All required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to the commercial plagiarism detection software under license to the University for the detection of plagiarism. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between Western and Turnitin.com.
Use of AI
The use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT to produce written work is not permitted unless permission is granted by the instructor for specific circumstances. Any work submitted must be the work of the student in its entirety unless otherwise disclosed. When used, AI tools should be used ethically and responsibly, and students must cite or credit the tools used in line with the expectation to use AI as a tool to learn, not to produce content.
9 Academic Accommodations and Accessible Education
View Western’s policy on academic accommodations for student with disabilities at this link.
Accessible Education provides supports and services to students with disabilities at Western.
If you think you may qualify for ongoing accommodation that will be recognized in all your courses, visit Accessible Education for more information. Email: aew@uwo.ca Phone: 519 661-2147
10 Absence & Academic Consideration
View Western’s policy on academic consideration for medical illnesses this link
Find your academic counsellor here: https://www.registrar.uwo.ca/faculty_academic_counselling.html
Students must see the Academic Counsellor and submit all required documentation in order to be approved for certain academic considerations. Students must communicate with their instructors no later than 24 hours after the end of the period covered SMC, or immediately upon their return following a documented absence.
Medical Absences
Submit a Student Medical Certificate (SMC) signed by a licensed medical or mental health practitioner to Academic Counselling in your Faculty of registration to be eligible for Academic Consideration.
Nonmedical Absences
Submit appropriate documentation (e.g., obituary, police report, accident report, court order, etc.) to Academic Counselling in your Faculty of registration to be eligible for academic consideration. Students are encouraged to contact their Academic Counselling unit to clarify what documentation is appropriate.
Religious Consideration
Students seeking accommodation for religious purposes are advised to contact Academic Counselling at least three weeks prior to the religious event and as soon as possible after the start of the term.
11 Other Information
- Office of the Registrar: https://registrar.uwo.ca
- Student Development Services: sdc.uwo.ca
- Psychology Undergraduate Program: https://www.psychology.uwo.ca/undergraduate/index.html
Students who are in emotional/mental distress should refer to Health and Wellness@Western https://www.uwo.ca/health/ for a complete list of options about how to obtain help.
Please contact the course instructor if you require material in an alternate format or if you require any other arrangements to make this course more accessible to you.
If you wish to appeal a grade, please read the policy documentation at: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/appealsundergrad.pdf. Please first contact the course instructor. If your issue is not resolved, you may make your appeal in writing to the Undergraduate Chair in Psychology (psyugrd@uwo.ca).
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12 Land Acknowledgement
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