Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

1.5 credits · Graduate

Psychological research design issues with clinical populations. Topics include randomized controlled trials, efficacy versus effectiveness research, statistical versus clinical significance, cross-sectional and longitudinal research designs with clinical populations, qualitative methods and content analysis, single case experiments and case study methods, cognitive and physiological measures, observational methods, meta-analysis, program evaluation, and clinical research ethics. Issues of gender, age, and cultural diversity in clinical research are discussed throughout the course.