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 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Psychology |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Requisites: |
You must have prior training to intermediate level in research methods before taking this unit.
While taking this module you must take PS50148 |
| Description:
| Aims: * To give students an appreciation of the uses of qualitative and quantitative methods and how they may be applied to health psychology research and evaluation. * To develop knowledge and skills in designing research studies. Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit, students will: * Understand epistemological foundations of research * Be able to consider the links between research strategy, design and methods * Be familiar with the different methods of collecting/eliciting data and their implications for analysis and interpretation * Understand the distinctions between quantitative and qualitative data and to be familiar with a range of data collection and processing techniques. * to have understood the different means of measuring psychological constructs * Be able to design their own research using an appropriate design and selecting suitable analysis procedures. Skills: Intellectual * To critically assess and evaluate research and evidence as well as a variety of other information. * To gather information, data, research and literature from a number of different sources * To utilise problem solving skills * To communicate an argument Professional / Practical * To be sensitive to the ethical issues in carrying out research and the legal and statutory responsibilities of the researcher. * Time management and administration skills * Independent working skills. Content: This unit will focus on the methodological issues relating to the development of a health psychology research study or evaluation and will include issues such as: Epistemology underpinning research design and methods; methodological issues in quantitative and qualitative approaches; justification and types of research design; the place of literature in developing the research; development of research questions; matching research questions to appropriate methodologies and methods; integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches; ethical considerations in health research; development of a research proposal. |
| Programme availability: |
PS50033 is a Stage Required Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Psychology
PS50033 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Psychology
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