Excelling Psychology

With this post, I put forth a solution to a prototypical question in the Statistics paper for Psychology Masters' students of Mumbai University. My aim is to not merely provide a solution to such problems but to motivate students towards solving the problem meaningfully.  *Please note that this post is not exhaustive in terms of an explanation of concepts relevant to the problem solved in it. This is because statistical theory continuously builds from simple to complex concepts and making an all-inclusive post is virtually impossible. --- Here's the question - "A researcher was interested in studying difference between two groups of 20 individuals each, one to which she provided training in anxiety reduction and one to which she did not. These groups had been matched on their anxiety before training began. K-S tests and Levene's tests showed insignificant results. The mean for the trained group was found to be 25.6 with a variance of 25 and the mean for t...

(Please Note - I have diversified my work on Excelling Psychology into different blogs for better organization of content. I am continually working on the same, so these sites will be updated with more content soon. IGNOU Psychology learners may be interested in the following: Model answers for various blocks of sub-communities of courses: https://psychologymodelanswers.blogspot.com/2019/04/ignou-bpc-001-sample-answer-for.html Statistics for Psychology in very simple language: https://statisticsforpsychology.blogspot.com/ )  IGNOU notes provide answers of perfect length and content for examination questions. But how much information can you remember without understanding any of it? In this series, I provide a series of simplified explanations to supplement the Statistics component of MAPC.  This guide is for the introductory unit - Block 1 Unit 1.  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

I keep updating this post whenever I add new videos to my YouTube channel: The third part on Qualitative Research in IB PSychology - a detailed discussion on Naturalistic Obseervation - with my narration is now available on: The second part on Qualitative Research in IB PSychology - a detailed discussion on Case Studies - with my narration is now available on: The fourth and final part on the Andrade (doodling) study - discussion on how to practice it for paper II - with my narration is now available on: The first part on Qualitative Research in IB PSychology - its detailed Introduction - with my narration is now available on: The third part on the Andrade (doodling) study - discussion on how to practice it for paper I - with my narration is now available on: A small extension to the second part on the Andrade (doodling) study - covering what was missing in its evaluation - with my narration is now available on: The second part on the Andrade (do...

Year after year, there is an incredible fear of statistics from students across Universities. I would expect students to be excited for the subject, for it is such a relief from theory, and is very 'scoring.' On the contrary, students wish it were one subject they did not have to deal with. Why do students fear statistics? There are two answers to this. The first is that it's fear has been hyped beyond measure through the years, and students are not particularly known to pause and think about the rationality of what goes around. The second is that professors fail to teach statistics on two counts - they are unable to present solutions in a clear, step-by-step manner and they are unable to make students see the importance of statistics in the field of Psychology. I remember one of my professors coming into the class and laughing about the fact that she barely knew anything about statistics. She would then open a statistics book every lecture and dictate whatever was w...