DPSY5103 - Research methods in professional psychology

Leader: Dr Simon Moss

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will equip students with the necessary skills to undertake research. Nonetheless, the primary motivation for this course concerns future employment. Research design and analysis are critical components of both academic and professional psychology.

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.