| Course ID: | PSYC 3990E. 4 hours. |
| Course Title: | Research Analysis in Psychology |
Course
Description: | Basic concepts and quantitative methods used to describe,
analyze, and draw logical conclusions from data collected in
psychological research. Direct experience with data analysis and
description of research findings is required. |
| Oasis Title: | Research Analysis |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in PSYC 3990 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | PSYC 2980 or PSYC 3980 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Using lecture and computer-assisted tutorials, this course will
cover the basic concepts and techniques used in the description
and analysis of data. In addition, students may be required to
apply these quantitative principles in a series of actual
research projects, contrived research projects, or reviews of
published projects. |
| Topical Outline: | Covered topics may include the following:
Theory of Measurement and Quantitative Analysis:
Descriptive Analysis
Frequency distributions
Measures of central tendency
Measures of variability
Properties of the normal distribution
Correlation and regression
Inferential Statistics
Null hypothesis testing
Tests using quantitative variables-
(e.g., z, t, f, post-hocs and nonparametrics)
Tests using qualitative variables
Multivariate analysis
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