Stats and test theory
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Statistics and test theory are often overlooked in psychology because they are more mundane than other apects of the field. I personally think this is a dangerous trend because psychologists in fields that use tests, such as human resources, quite often do not know what they are doing and select the wrong tests for the wrong applications.
For those who have studied psychology, how much emphasis was placed on stats and test theory in your course? -
Hmm... when I was studying Cognitive Psychology statistics and test were part of the course. But later when I took Social Psychology we tend to focus on qualitative evidences.Originally posted by Gedanken:Statistics and test theory are often overlooked in psychology because they are more mundane than other apects of the field. I personally think this is a dangerous trend because psychologists in fields that use tests, such as human resources, quite often do not know what they are doing and select the wrong tests for the wrong applications.
For those who have studied psychology, how much emphasis was placed on stats and test theory in your course?
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DP, you mean there were no separate stats subjects?Originally posted by DeadPoet:Hmm... when I was studying Cognitive Psychology statistics and test were part of the course. But later when I took Social Psychology we tend to focus on qualitative evidences. -
Have, during 'Introduction to Psychology'.Originally posted by Gedanken:DP, you mean there were no separate stats subjects?
But when conducting our own experiments we tent to focus more on stats for cognitive topics like memory test, etc.
Some of us took Pure Stats as main topic, I didn't. I don't really like numbers. -
So apart from first year, stats was an elective subject?