Module PSYS2091: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS

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

PSYS2091: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS

Prerequisites

• Introduction to Statistics (PSYS1041).

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• 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

• 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.

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

• .

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Two SPSS assignments

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University