Advanced Research Methods & Design

3 units

This course is an advanced foray into research design and methods used in psychological science. This course is project-based, writing intensive, and will be supplemented heavily with readings and discussions of topics of broad importance to psychological research (e.g., reliability, validity, signal detection theory, philosophy of science). These readings will enhance your abilities to think critically about psychological research design and methods, as both a consumer and creator of psychological research. During the course of the semester you will complete two original research projects (e.g., an observation study and an experimental study). Together with your classmates you will devise research questions, design studies to test your research questions, collect data, and statistically analyze your results. Individually, you will write-up, and then revise, each research project in an APA-style paper. The writing requirements for this course build on the skills you acquired in Experimental Psychology and will further your abilities to communicate scientific ideas more skillfully, clearly, and accurately. Prerequisite: L33 Psych 301 or 3011