PSYC3371 Multivariate Data Analysis for Psychology (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.2/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
PSYC3371 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Psychology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 心理学多元数据分析
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Psychology
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Much of the research carried out by Honours students in fourth year requires the analysis of multivariate data from experimental and non-experimental designs. This course deals with various forms of multivariate analysesincluding multiple regression analysis (MRA), which allows for correlated independent variables, and therefore provides the basis for a general data-analytic system, principal components analysis (PCA) and factor analysis (FA), which make use of correlation…
PSYC3371 has 6 scored reviews: overall 3.2/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
On Reddit: "Did it in 2018 (so when semesters were still a thing). I found it much harder than 3001 but I also had friends who enjoyed it more than 3001. It involves less calculations (like actually crunching the numbers in the ANOVA tables), and more interpreting - a lot of the analyses yo…"
On Reddit: "Also did it in 2018. Personally I feel like the learning curve for RM3 was so much steeper than for multi, which was more building on that knowledge. As foxandturtle said, much bigger focus on interpreting output rather than doing calculations yourself. If you want to do well, l…"
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Q: Is PSYC3371 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: overall 3.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PSYC3371, and when is it offered?
A: PSYC3371 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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