Statistics in Psychology 1

Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of high school mathematics.

Course objectives: Acquiring basic theoretical knowledge and skills necessary for statistical data analysis in psychology.

Course description: Basic methodological, mathematical and statistical concepts needed in statistical data analysis, statistical description and graphical presentation of data, introduction to statistical inference: basic concepts and principles of probability theory, statistical estimation and testing statistical hypotheses. Performing basic procedures in statistical software using examples from psychology.

Learning Outcomes: Understanding basic statistical concepts, acquired skills needed for preparing data for analysis in statistical programs, competence to independently perform and interpret basic descriptive and inferential statistical procedures.

Literature/Reading:

• 1. Dragićević, Č. (2002). Statistika za psihologe, Beograd: Centar za primenjenu psihologiju.
• • Fajgelj, S. (2005). Metode istraživanja ponašanja, Beograd: Centar za primenjenu psihologiju (glava II – od 111. do 189. strane).
• 2. Tenjović, L. (2002). Statistika u psihologiji – priručnik, Beograd: Centar za primenjenu psihologiju
• 3. Todorović, D. (2008). Metodologija psiholoških istraživanja, Beograd: Centar za primenjenu psihologiju.