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Psychology 111: Research Methods in Psychology
Varies (self-study, self-paced).
March 2021 - Present.
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to: differentiate between scientific and nonscientific research, understand the scientific method in psychology, and apply it in decision-making processes; adhere to ethical standards, obtain informed consent, mitigate research risks, and ensure participant protection; design research studies, select appropriate methods, formulate research questions and hypotheses, and conduct literature reviews; and utilize various data collection techniques, including surveys, content analysis, observational research, and archival data access; and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics, summarize data, and make inferences from research findings.
The course is self-paced. Instruction is delivered through online video and text lessons. Students are assessed through quizzes, assignments, and a proctored final exam. Major topics include research fundamentals; ethical conduct in research; designing a research study; techniques of data collection; nonexperimental research; qualitative research approaches; introduction to quasi-experimental research; sampling techniques and generalization; measurement in Psychological research; ensuring internal validity; external validity considerations; designing effective experiments; analyzing data descriptively; making inferences from data; and evaluating research outcomes.
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in Psychology (5/24).
