Introduction to Research Methods

9 units · Undergraduate

All Semesters: 9 units The overall goal of this course is to help you transform from being consumers of research knowledge to being evaluators and producers of it. This course provides (a) hands-on exploration of fundamental concepts in research design, statistical analysis, scientific writing, and ethics; (b) skills necessary for designing, conducting, analyzing, and disseminating an observational study; and (c) skills for critically evaluating psychological research and mainstream media reports of it. Prerequisites: ( 85-241 or 85-150 or 85-211 or 85-130 or 85-221 or 85-100 or 85-170 or 85-219 or 85-104 or 85-190 or 85-110 or 85-102 ) and ( 36-309 or 85-309 or 70-207 or 36-200 )