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Professor
Academic discipline: Psicometria (M-PSI/03)
Field: Psicologia generale e fisiologica
Type of training activity: Characterising

56 hours
of face-to-face activities

8 credits

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Learning objectives

to arrange and conduct analysis in order to verify research hypothesis in experimental and correlational designs in psychological reasearch areas.

Prerequisites

statistic and mathematical probability elements

Course unit content

Descriptive statistics
Probability distributions and inferential analisys
Statistical test for groups/conditions differences - parametric and non parametric
bivariate and partial correlations
linear regression
parametric and non parametric analisys of variances

Full programme

Psychometrics Course covers the followings topics:
* descriptive statistics
* Probability distributions and inferential analysis
* statistic tests for groups/conditions differences - parametric and non parametric
* association and cograduation coefficients for non parametric correlational designs
* bivariate and partial correlations
* linear regression
* parametric and non parametric variance analsysis

Final exam: written exam, composed of three open questions and an applicative exercise (it is possible to substain an oral integration to the written exam).

Course Books:

* Ercolani P., Areni A., Leone, L. Statistica per la psicologia. I – Fondamenti di psicometria e statistica descrittiva. Il Mulino

* Ercolani P., Areni A., Leone L. Statistica per la psicologia, II – Statistica inferenziale e analisi dei dati. Il Mulino

Bibliography

C. Chiorri, Fondamenti di Psicometria, McGraw Hill.

Teaching methods

lectures and class exercitations

Assessment methods and criteria

written examination: questions about theory and applicative exercises

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PSYCHOMETRY cod. 04300