Research Skills OP

Course aim

To develop students’ ability to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological interventions in organisations and to translate a research question into a detailed proposal.

Course content

Overview of research design; ANOVA; repeated measures ANOVA research; structural equation modeling; multiple regression; mediation, moderation; single case design; qualitative methods; program evaluation; meta-analysis; doing a proposal; Ethics Committee procedures; staff presentation about topics; research proposal presentations; research training in data base management and data base searches in collaboration with the library for 4 hours hands on training and 9 hours self directed studies; participatory action research and interviewing.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	N/A x 5 days
Tutorial	N/A x 5 days
Workshop	N/A x 5 days

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

Assessment

Ethics Proposal, Research proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4Y)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.