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This course teaches students in the field of health psychology how to conduct high quality quantitative research and how to think and operate within a professional, ethical framework. The structure of the course reflects the logical flow of the research process itself, moving week on week from the planning of research (generating and refining research questions, evaluating evidence, designing studies), through study conduct (ethical practice, quantitative methods, measurement issues, data handling, research governance) to the statistical analysis, interpretation, reporting and dissemination of research findings (to academic, policy, public, and media audiences).
Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course teaches students in the field of health psychology how to conduct high quality quantitative research and how to think and operate within a professional, ethical framework. The structure of the course reflects the logical flow of the research process itself, moving week on week from the planning of research (generating and refining research questions, evaluating evidence, designing studies), through study conduct (ethical practice, quantitative methods, measurement issues, data handling, research governance) to the statistical analysis, interpretation, reporting and dissemination of research findings (to academic, policy, public, and media audiences).
Aims of the Course: This course aims to equip students with the skills and capabilities to use a range of quantitative research methods and analytic techniques within a professional, ethical framework.
At the end of the course, students will be able to;
The topics covered by the course
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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Assessment Weeks | 19 | Feedback Weeks | ||
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Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Procedural | Create | Tailor research outputs so that they conform to published guidelines and are suitable for different audiences (e.g. public, stakeholder, academic) |
Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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Assessment Weeks | 14 | Feedback Weeks | 16 | |
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Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Factual | Analyse | Identify and critically appraise the features of different research designs, data collection methods, analytic techniques and dissemination approaches |
Factual | Evaluate | Select appropriate study designs and analysis methods for different research questions and data types |
Procedural | Evaluate | Apply relevant ethical and professional practice frameworks to research and practice scenarios, identifying potential issues and generating strategies to minimise or avoid them |
Reflection | Evaluate | Generate novel material (e.g. research questions, hypotheses, questionnaire items, etc) that reflect understanding of key research principles |
Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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Assessment Weeks | 18 | Feedback Weeks | 20 | |
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Students will complete a data analysis workbook after running appropriate statistical analyses on randomly allocated datasets (from a selection of possible datasets). The workbook will include questions on various aspects of their own individual analyses (data preparation, assumption checking, variable creation, result reporting, result interpretation, etc). |
Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Factual | Analyse | Prepare and analyse complex data sets using advanced quantitative statistics, accurately interpreting and reporting the results |
There are no assessments for this course.
Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Factual | Analyse | Identify and critically appraise the features of different research designs, data collection methods, analytic techniques and dissemination approaches |
Procedural | Create | Tailor research outputs so that they conform to published guidelines and are suitable for different audiences (e.g. public, stakeholder, academic) |
Procedural | Evaluate | Apply relevant ethical and professional practice frameworks to research and practice scenarios, identifying potential issues and generating strategies to minimise or avoid them |
Reflection | Evaluate | Generate novel material (e.g. research questions, hypotheses, questionnaire items, etc) that reflect understanding of key research principles |
Factual | Evaluate | Select appropriate study designs and analysis methods for different research questions and data types |
Factual | Analyse | Prepare and analyse complex data sets using advanced quantitative statistics, accurately interpreting and reporting the results |
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