CoursePSY406

Week13 of 16

SemesterII

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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
Finding and evaluating sources
Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

1.1 Explain the principles of research design.
1.2 Analyse how scientific method, experimental and descriptive research are interlinked.
2.1 Describe research methods used in psychology.
2.2 Explain how to conduct simple statistical tests commonly used in psychology.
3.1 Describe types of data analysis used in research.
3.2 Analyse the interrelationship between statistics and research hypotheses in psychology.
4.1 Research psychological papers to inform research design.
4.2 Apply and justify choice of method to a research scenario.
4.3 Review and reflect on own learning.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

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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