Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Course convenor and lecturer Eugene Chekaluk eugene.chekaluk@mq.edu.au Contact via 9850 8009 C3A 527 Wednesdays 9-11am and Fridays 9-10am Assistant Convenor Joanne White joanne.white@mq.edu.au Tutor Ann Carrigan ann.carrigan@mq.edu.au Tutor Christopher Kilby christopher.kilby@mq.edu.au Tutor Elizabeth Austin elizabeth.austin@mq.edu.au Tutor Nikki Dargue nikki.dargue@mq.edu.au Tutor Selena Ledger selena.ledger@mq.edu.au Tutor Daniel Sturman daniel.sturman@mq.edu.au
Credit points	Credit points 3
Prerequisites	Prerequisites STAT122 or STAT170(P) or STAT171 or PSY122(P) or (PSYC104 and PSYC105) or admission to GDipPsych
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description This is an intermediate statistics unit, which covers both the design and statistical components of experiments common to psychological research. The importance of interpretation based on both the design and statistics components is emphasised, together with concepts of power and sample size requirements for efficient research. Statistical methods covered include: descriptive statistics; one-way and two-way analysis of variance; correlation; and regression and non parametric equivalents of ANOVA. The unit includes instruction on the presentation of statistical results in report formal. Practical classes are based on the use of the SPSS statistical package.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

Appreciate the way statistical techniques are used to support theory in psychology
Perform analyses of simple and complex experimental designs in psychology
Critically evaluate designs and analyses in experimental psychology

General Assessment Information

Assignments

Details of assignments will be available at least four weeks prior to them being due. Both assignments are to be submitted electronically, via the unit's iLearn page. Assignments submitted by post or emailed to tutors/lecturers will not be accepted. Submission of both assignments is required to be eligible to pass the unit. Marks and feedback will be released to students via iLearn.

Both assignments are due at 5pm. Please also note that iLearn can lag when large numbers of students are uploading documents at the same time. Submission time for assignments is counted as the time the assessment was received, not the time the uploading began. Because of this, make sure you don't leave your submission to 4:55pm the day it is due! Late penalties will be applied to assignments that are received after the due time.

Penalties for late submission of assignments will accrue at 5% per day (weekends included) until the marked assignments are returned. Since assignment details will be available for approximately 4 weeks prior to their due date, medical or misadventure bases for extensions must be certified FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO AND INCLUDING THE DUE DATE. Please note that computer failures or other technological difficulties are not considered to be misadventures.

All requests for extensions must be made prior to the due date for the assignment. Request for Extensions for Assignments are granted by the Student Centre. Ordinarily, no extensions of time for submission of written work will be granted since ample time for preparation will have been given. If an extension is required for medical or other extenuating circumstances, students may request this in writing through ask.mq.edu.au with supporting documentary evidence (such as medical certificate, counsellor note, or similar). The staff in the Student Centre will make all decisions regarding extensions. Neither individual tutors nor the course convenor will grant extensions. Assignments will not be accepted after marked assignments are returned to students online via iLearn.

Please check your University Handbook of Undergraduate Studies and the Psychology Department's Policy on plagiarism for the consequences attached to copying others' work and claiming it as your own.

Final Exam

The University Examination period in Session 2 is 13 November - 1 December 2017. You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in Final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations.

http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/exams/

The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Special Consideration. Information about unavoidable disruption and the special consideration process is available at http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/speccond/scrules.htm

If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Special Consideration process, the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period. Supplementary Examination in the Department of Psychology will be held on the 14 and 15 of December 2017. The format of a supplementary examination is at each unit convener’s discretion and is subject to change from the original final examination. Supplementary Exams are only offered to students who have satisfactorily completed all other assessments for the unit and were unable to sit the final exam because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption.

Instructions on applying for sitting of a supplementary exam are available from the website, www.psy.mq.edu.au/speccond. It is the student’s responsibility to follow the steps outlined in this website. An email will be sent to the student advising them of the outcome of their request for a supplementary exam. If a supplementary exam has been granted, it is the student’s responsibility to check the Department of Psychology Special Consideration website for information relating to the date and location of the supplementary exam. Students who are granted to sit for a supplementary exam must make themselves available to sit for the supplementary exam on the specified date. There will only be one time. It is the student’s responsibility to email Student Centre to confirm attendance at the supplementary exam.

You are advised that it is Macquarie University policy not to set early examinations for individuals or groups of students. All students are expected to ensure that they are available until the end of the teaching semester, which is the final day of the official examination period.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Weekly quizzes	15%	No	Midnight, each Sunday
Revision quiz	5%	No	Midnight, Sunday 13/08/2017
Assignment 1	10%	No	5pm, 08/09/2017 (Week 6)
Optional test 1	10%	No	In class, 15/09/2017 (Week 7)
Assignment 2	10%	No	5pm, 03/11/2017 (Week 12)
Optional test 2	10%	No	In class, 10/11/2017 (Week 13)
Final exam	40%	No	University examination period

Weekly quizzes

Due: Midnight, each Sunday
Weighting: 15%

Practical exercises will be provided on iLearn weekly, which students must complete before attempting the weekly quiz. Each week's quiz is relevant to the following week's practical exercise.

Access to SPSS is required for these weekly quizzes. Quizzes must be completed within iLearn by midnight each Sunday night, with the first due by midnight Sunday the 06/08/2017. There will be 8 quizzes through out the semester with each quiz being worth 2%. The iLearn system will not accept submissions after midnight each sunday and a mark of zero for that week will be recorded if no quiz is submitted on-time.