Conducting Research in Psychology

Undergraduate

Required for students anticipating honours thesis projects in their fourth year. Topics include: how to generate research ideas, philosophy and place of research in psychology, utilizing research advisors and supervision, using library resources, writing research reports, ethical issues in student research, planning effective research designs, dealing with participant recruitment and data collection, locating research measures, making data analysis decisions, using statistical packages such as SPSS, disseminating research ideas and findings. (Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 70% or greater in both PSYC-2300 and PSYC- 3200; and consent of instructor or the Undergraduate Program Chair.)