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PU5024: RESEARCH METHODS & PRACTICE FOR PSYCHOLOGY (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

This course teaches students in the field of health psychology how to conduct high quality behavioural research, how to become an informed consumer of research, and how to think and operate within a professional, ethical framework.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Julia Allan

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • MSc Health Psychology (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Topics covered by the course include:

  • Critical appraisal of evidence, hypothesis testing, the scientific method
  • Research design (experimental, quasi-experimental, randomised, case-control, cohort, longitudinal)
  • Research ethics and governance, professional codes of practice
  • Questionnaire design, construction and psychometrics
  • Self-report versus objective measurement and common sources of bias
  • Qualitative design and analysis (interviews, focus groups)
  • Diary methods, ecological momentary assessment, n of 1
  • Working with secondary data, healthcare records, large datasets
  • Dissemination (academic, media, policy, public) and collaboration



Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

1x two hour written exam (60%) + continous assessment (40%) [written assignment = 30%, oral presentation = 10%]

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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