- Course Code
- PS 3009
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr L DeBruine
Pre-requisites
PS 1008, PS 1508, PS 2011, PS 2511 and permission of Head of School.
Notes
This course can only be taken by students pursuing an Honours Degree programme in Psychology.
Overview
The purpose of this course is to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to carry out and evaluate psychological research. It consists of lectures on data analysis (especially various models of the analysis of variance) and examples of specific research methodologies, as well as statistical and data exploration exercises using the statistical package SPSS for Windows. Students also work together in small groups under staff supervision on a practical project for which a full report (counting as the in-course assessment component of the course) is required.
Structure
12 week course - 1 lecture, 1 SPSS practical and 4 laboratory sessions per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 ninety minute written examination paper (70%) and in-course assessment (30%).