To introduce the social issues in Indian context and develop understanding of the role of psychology in solving these issues. The aim of the elective course is to help students to learn applications of psychology in solving social issues.
- Teacher: Meenu Rose Paul
To introduce the basic concepts in health and illness. This elective course will provide an overview of recent approaches to health and well-being. The aim of the course is to help students to learn applications of psychology in for health and well-being.
- Teacher: Meenu Rose Paul
PS116 Applied Research Methods and Statistics [4 credits]
To introduce the nature of research and statistical methods and techniques. This course will provide brief overview of research and familiarize use of statistical methods in psychological research and the techniques of descriptive statistics for quantitative research. The aim of the course is to help students to understand basics in research and statistical methods used in research. The course will prepare students to take up advanced courses in applied psychology.
1. Module 1: Introduction to Quantitative and qualitative research
Topics:
· Introduction to Psychological Research
· Relevance of Statistics in Psychological Research
· Difference between quantitative and qualitative research
· Steps in quantitative and qualitative research
· Research Methods: Experimental method, survey method and Focus group discussion
2. Module 2 : Levels of measurement
Topics:
· Measures of Central Tendency and Variance
· Calculation of Mode, Median and Mean from Raw Scores and Grouped Scores
· Properties and Comparison of Measures of Central Tendency
· Central Tendency Measures in Normal and Skewed Distributions
· Normal distribution: nature & properties
3. Module 3: Correlation
Topics:
· The Meaning of Correlation
· Historical Perspective
· The Scatterplot of Bivariate Distributions
· Calculating Pearson’ Correlation Coefficient from derived scores to raw scores
· Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient
· The Coefficient of &Order Correlation Coefficient
· Correlation and Causation
· Types of Correlation
· The Effects of Score Transformations
· Cautions concerning Correlation Coefficients
4. Module 4: Psychological Testing
Topics:
· Steps in test development
· Item analysis
· Reliability, validity
· Norms and standardization
Evaluation
· End Semester Examination: 40%
· Mid Semester Examination: 30%
· Group/Individual Presentation: 15 %
· Group Submissions/Individual Submissions: 15 %
- Teacher: SARIN DOMINIC
To
introduce the basic concepts in industrial and organizational Psychology. The
aim of the elective course is to help students to learn applications of
psychology in industries and organizations
- Teacher: COE CVV
- Teacher: Kavita R Shanmughan
Introduction
SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) is a versatile software package designed to undertake a range of statistical procedures. It is widely used by researchers in the field of social sciences. Present course is designed to familiarize students in using SPSS for research purposes.
Course objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
Understand the basic features of SPSS software
Use the SPSS Graphical User Interface effectively
Perform descriptive and inferential statistical analysis using SPSS
Prepare tables and charts using SPSS
- Teacher: SARIN DOMINIC