LET-CIWB253-IBC
Statistics
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleLET-CIWB253-IBC
Credits (ECTS)5
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Arts; Communication and Information Studies;
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator
dr. M.W. Hoetjes
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Examiner
dr. M.W. Hoetjes
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Lecturer
dr. M.W. Hoetjes
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Contactperson for the course
dr. M.W. Hoetjes
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Lecturer
dr. F.C.W. Hubers
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Academic year2021
Period
PER 1  (30/08/2021 to 07/11/2021)
Starting block
PER 1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
The purpose of the course is to provide students with elementary knowledge and skills in the area of descriptive and inferential statistics.

At the end of the course, the student can:
• Perform simple statistical analyses using the statistical program SPSS on data obtained with corpus analyses, experiments and surveys.
• Interpret the statistical results analysed with SPSS and report the results according to the APA conventions.
• Understand statistical concepts and their theoretical and practical consequences, and apply this knowledge in (the interpretation of) statistical analyses.
Content
A number of aspects of statistics will be discussed, including statistical concepts, frequency distribution, central tendency, normal distribution, central limit theorem, confidence intervals, T-test, correlation coefficient, contingency tables and one-way analysis of variance.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge

Test information

Specifics
This course is only open to students who are enrolled in a bachelor of the Faculty of Arts (Letteren) or a bachelor of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies (FTR).​
Assumed previous knowledge
Accessible to minor students from the Faculty of Arts. Accessible to minor students from other faculties (Max. 25 students)

Required materials
Literature
ISBN:978-1-5264-1951-4
Title:Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics
Author:Field, A.
Publisher:London, etc.: Sage (2018)
Edition:5

Instructional modes
At-home PER1 gel1
Attendance MandatoryYes

At-home PER2 gel2
Attendance MandatoryYes

Lecture
Attendance MandatoryYes

Working group
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
Written exam (Multiple choice)
Test weight100
Test typeWritten exam
OpportunitiesBlock PER 1, Block PER 2

Minimum grade
5,5