CoursePSY406

Week10 of 16

SemesterII

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This week’s topics

Applying and justifying a method for a research scenario: population, design, participants, procedure, statistics, ethics

And justify choice of method to a research scenario

What you will be able to do

4.2 Apply and justify choice of method to a research scenario.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: apply and justify choice of method to a research scenario.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Principles of research design: aims, variables, operational…
Week 2: Experimental designs, controls, validity and sampling
Week 3: Research methods: lab, field, natural and quasi experiments
Week 4: Conducting simple statistical tests: the sign test, calcula…
Week 5: Types of data and analysis: quantitative and qualitative, p…
Week 6: Descriptive statistics: central tendency, dispersion, graph…
Week 7: Inferential testing and hypotheses: significance, one- and …
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Reviewing psychological papers to inform a research design
Week 10: Applying and justifying a method for a research scenario: p…
Week 11: Reporting conventions; reviewing and reflecting on own lear…
Week 12: Applying Research Methods and Investigating Psychology in p…
Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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