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2024-2025 College Catalog
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PSY 289 - Psychology Research Methods [SUN# PSY 2290] 4 Credits, 6 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 3 lab periods Introduction to scientific methodologies used in psychological research. Includes experience in using a range of psychological research methods for students.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 101 , PSY 230 , and WRT 101 Recommendation: Designed for students planning to major or minor in psychology. Information: Prerequisite(s) may be waived with consent of instructor before enrolling in this class.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe and discuss the methods used in most psychological research including experimental, correlational, and naturalistic approaches.
- Locate research literature in the field of psychology.
- Identify the appropriate statistical analysis for different research designs.
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses (in terms of internal and external validity) of the methods employed in selected studies.
- Describe the logic of experimentation.
- Describe the main themes of the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines on ethics.
- Conceptualize and design a research study and report it in a formal research proposal.
- Write research reports using APA publication format.
Outline:
- Introduction to Research Methods
- What is science?
- Different types of research methods
- Research Problem Formulation
- Developing the hypothesis
- Library research
- Statistics
- Descriptive
- Inferential
- Hypothesis Testing
- Statistical hypothesis testing
- Threats to internal validity
- Threats to external validity
- Experimental Design and Control
- A. Between-subjects designs
- Within-subjects designs
- Non-Experimental Designs
- Correlational designs
- Naturalistic research
- Surveys and sampling
- Single-Subject Designs
- Case study designs
- . Experimental single-subject designs
- Research Ethics
- Rights of research participants
- Ethical guidelines of the American Psychological Association
- Reporting Research
- Sentific article
- American Psychological Association publication format
Effective Term: Summer 2009
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