DPSY5103

Research methods in professional psychology ( 0 points, SCA Band 1, 0.000 EFTSL)

Leader: Professor Kim Ng and Professor Tom Triggs

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: This unit will equip you with the necessary skills to undertake your research. Nonetheless, the primary motivation for this course concerns your future employment. Research design and analysis are critical components of both academic and professional psychology. Students are often shocked at the extent to which an ability to statistics will lead to superior employment opportunities. Indeed, these skills will enhance your ability in domains that are not directly related to research design and analysis. For instance, these skills facilitate many aspects of problem solvings.

Objectives: On completion of this unit students should be familiar with major univariate and multivariate experimental and quasi-experimental designs appropriate to both basic and applied research, associated methods of data analysis, including issues of assumptions, power of statistical tests, and psychological and statistical significance. Students should be familiar with the use of SPSS.

Assessment: Assessment will be through completion of a written assignment requiring students to critically evaluate the design and methodology of a published research paper.