Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Statistics in Psychology Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Understanding Percentiles and Correlation

• a Understanding Percentiles and Percentile Ranks – Concept, and Calculation. Interpretation and application in psychological testing and assessments.
• b Basics of Correlation – Understanding relationships between two variables, interpreting correlation coefficients in psychology.
• c Pearson’s Correlation coefficient: Concept, and Calculation.
• d Spearman’s Correlation coefficient: Concept, and Calculation.

Module 2: Statistical Inference:

• a Introduction to Hypothesis Testing – Concept of null and alternative hypotheses, basic idea of significance testing.
• b Parametric and Nonparametric Tests: Characteristics and differences.
• c Introduction to t-test – When and why it is used. One sample t-test: Concept, and Calculation.
• d Introduction to Chi-Square Test – Concept, and Calculation for Goodness of fit.

Text Books

• 1 Howitt, D., & Cramer, D. (2017). Introduction to Statistics in Psychology (6th ed.). Pearson.
• 2 King, B. M., Rosopa, P.J., & Minium, E. W. (2018). Statistical reasoning in the behavioral sciences (7th ed.). John Wiley & Sons Inc.
• 3 Gravetter, F. J., & Wallnau, L. B. (2021). Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Reference Books

• 1 Howel, D. (2020). Statistical methods for psychology. Cengage.
• 2 Field, A. (2017). Discovering Statistics Using R. (5th ed.). Sage Publications.
• 3 Aron, A., Coups, E. J., & Aron, E. N. (2018). Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences: A Brief Course (6th ed.). Pearson.