With current advancements in technology and data analysis techniques, psychologists need to understand both small and simple datasets as well as large and...

A Psychological Perspective on the Journey of Data  (PSYC0285)

With current advancements in technology and data analysis techniques, psychologists need to understand both small and simple datasets as well as large and complex datasets. The ability to collect this data, process it, gain psychological insight from it and be able to disseminate that insight to stakeholders and wider society is pivotal for psychologists. This module aims to provide students with: An overview of a wide range of new technologies to collect data, An understanding of which data collection modalities are most appropriate for the theories and models they are trying to test, A discussion of the benefits and limitations of these technologies and the types of questions they can and can’t answer with data, An overview of a wide range of advanced statistical analysis techniques, An understanding of which analysis techniques are most appropriate for the questions they are trying to answer, A discussion of the benefits and limitations of these analysis techniques, An introduction to a range of data visualisation techniques, A discussion of how to tell a compelling story with data, An understanding of the applied outputs of the technology and analysis techniques.

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0083, for the full module description.

Please be aware...

The Cultural Cold War in Europe, 1917-1989 Affiliate (HIST0545)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0083, for the full module description.
Please be aware that you will only be covering half of the module content described in the full module description (content covered in Term 1 or Term 2, depending on your time with us).
If you require any further information, please contact the History Taught Programmes Team.