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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module PSYS2091: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS

Department: Psychology (Applied Psychology) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

PSYS2091: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	2	20	Available in 2006/2007	None.	Queen's Campus Stockton

Pre-requisites

Introduction to Statistics (PSYS1041).

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations

None.

Aims

To develop students' knowledge of experimental design to cover situations involving several different variables and different levels and to teach them how to use appropriate statistical analyses.

Content

Design and Measurement Issues: Independent and dependent variables.
Between subjects and within subjects designs.
Floor and ceiling effects, Scales of measurement, Transformations.
Designs with more than one independent variable.
Analysis of variance: Logic of analysis of variance.
Independent Groups.
Repeated Measures.
Experiments of mixed design.
Higher order designs.
Multiple Regression.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Students should be able to select between independent and repeated measure designs.
They should have an understanding of interactions, be able to design studies employing Analysis of Variance and perform the various types of analysis required.
They should appreciate applications of multiple regression and be able to analyse data using this technique.
They should have a general understanding of what factor analysis is meant to do and some understanding of the terminology associated with such methods.

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Total				200
Lectures	22	1 per week	1 hour	22
Terminal Sessions	22	1 per week	1 hour	22
Preparation and Reading				156

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Examination	50%	two-hour examination		100%
Assignment	50%	assignment		100%

Formative Assessment

Two SPSS assignments

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.