QTR Course Outline
QTR Course Outline
B. Semester Description
C. Course Synopsis
This course will provide students with an introduction to the use of statistics in educational
research. Emphasis will be placed on students achieving an understanding of the statistical
procedures considered so that they can think critically about suitable procedures for the
collection and analysis of data, and about the educational usefulness of calculated statistics.
Students will gain experience with using the SPSS package on computers.
D. Course Objectives
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5 Demonstrate their competence and confidence in using inferential statistics in general and to the
use of significance testing in particular
6 Understand and master the handling of data and employ proper analyses
7 Use output derived from statistical procedures and convert such output to understandable statements in
English
Required Resources
Green, S.B. and Salkind, N.J. (2010) Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh: Analyzing and
Understanding Data, 6e, Boston, Prentice Hall
Recommended Resources
This course also consists of additional readings from a book of notes, of the statistical concepts
and tests, prepared by Prof. John P. Keeves and Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan and of a set of
exercises arising from the notes.
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F. Student Evaluation Methods
Mid Term Exam Duration, 1 hour Final Exam Duration __2 hour
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G. Schedule of Activities
Week Topic
1 Introduction
2 Describing set of observations and distributions
3 Measures of spread of a set of scores
4 One sample t-test
5 Paired samples t-test
6 Independent samples t-test
7
ANOVA
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Course Instructor Head of Department
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