Research Methods in Psychology

Part 1 Basics of research

1. Role of research in psychology
2. Aims and hypotheses in research
3. Variables, concepts and measures
4. Problems of generalisation and decision-making in research
5. Research reports
6. Improving a quantitative write-up
7. Literature search
8. Ethics and data management in research

Part 2 Quantitative research methods

• Basic laboratory experiments
• Advanced experimental designs
• Placebos, experimenter effects and demand characteristics
• Cross-sectional or correlational research
• Longitudinal studies
• Small-N and single-case experimental designs
• Surveys, samples and populations
• Progress in Data analysis

Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement

• Psychological tests
• Reliability and validity
• Coding data

Part 4 Qualitative research methods

• Why qualitative research?
• Qualitative data collection
• Transcribing language data
• Thematic analysis
• Grounded theory
• Discourse analysis
• Conversation analysis
• Interpretative phenomenological analysis
• Evaluating qualitative research
• Improving a qualitative write-up
Part 5 Final considerations for research projects

• Online Internet mediated research
• Developing ideas for research
• Managing your research project
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