Unit name | Intermediate Psychological Experiments and Statistics |
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Unit code | PSYC20005 |
Credit points | 40 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Chris Kent |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
PSYC10002 |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Psychological Science |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit provides continued training in the range of theoretical and practical skills used in psychological research. In this unit, you will be introduced to a particular design-analysis strategy, and a topic area, and develop a piece of empirical work that integrates the two. Four key studies will be conducted using a range of quantitative and qualitative designs.
The aims of the unit are to build on Year 1 Introduction to Psychological Experiments and Statistics, and extend the integration of experimental design and analyses by considering more complex methodological approaches to psychological research.
On successful completion of this unit, a student will be able to:
Weekly lectures/mandatory laboratory sessions.
Four 2,000-word Laboratory Reports (4 x 25%).
Completion of 10 hours of participation in the Experimental Hours Scheme.
Essential:
Stollery, B. T. (2015). Laboratory handbook: Reporting psychological experiments. Unpublished document, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, UK.
Recommended:
Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics (4th ed.). London: Sage.
Lyons, E. & Coyle, A. (Eds.). (2007). Analysing qualitative data in psychology. London: Sage Publications.
American Psychological Association (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Harris, P. (2008). Designing and reporting experiments in psychology. (3rd ed.). Buckingham: Open University Press.
Willig, C. (2013). Introducing qualitative research in psychology. (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
Additional recommended and further reading will be made available through Blackboard