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Fall 2023
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| PSYC 391 - Research II: Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Methods |
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An enhancement of student understanding of psychology as a science through advanced quantitative research methods focused on quasi-experimental and experimental designs. Individually and/or in groups, students conduct ethical research, select or manipulate independent variables, produce codebooks, measure dependent variables, control or account for extraneous variables, evaluate properties of variables, determine appropriate statistical tests, use SPSS® statistical software (to perform descriptives, t-tests and ANOVAs), prepare written American Psychological Association-style (APA) reports (integrating at least 8 peer-reviewed sources in the literature review in at least one report), and disseminate the research results in poster and/or presentation formats.
Note: Students may not receive credit for both PSYC 391 Research II: Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Methods and PSYC 351 Psychology Research II: Design and Statistical Applications. Prerequisites: Completion of PSYC 291 Research I: Descriptive and Correlational Methods with a minimum grade of C- and permission of instructor. Psychology majors only.
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent/Directed Study, Lecture Psychology & Philosophy Department Course Attributes: Undergraduate Level Course |
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