Introductory Research Methods

Course aim

To familiarise students with the basic methodologies for conducting research in behavioural science and to introduce them to a range of commonly used statistical tests.

Course content

Basic research designs and methodologies. Basic descriptive and inferential statistics. Data screening. Significance and effect size. Selection of appropriate statistical tests. An introduction to statistical computation with SPSS for Windows. Interpretation of results of statistical tests. Introduction to research design and evaluation. Ethics. APA style research report writing.

Textbook(s)

Cozby, PC 2009, Methods in behavioural research, 10th ed, Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, CA

2010, SPSS V17.0 Software

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 1003	Psychology 1A

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 1004	Psychology 1B

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical evaluation, Final examination, Research report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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