Department of Psychology, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
PS50033 Advanced research design in health |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Semester: 2 |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take PS50065 and take PS50066 |
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Aims:
* To give students an appreciation of the uses of qualitative and quantitative methods and how they may be applied. * To develop knowledge and skills in designing studies and therapeutic interventions. Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit, students will: * Understand the theory-driven approaches to health psychology research; * Be familiar with the different methods of collecting/eliciting data and their implications for analysis and interpretation; * Understand the distinctions between quantitative and qualitative data and to be familiar with a range of data collection and processing techniques; * to have understood the different means of measuring psychological constructs; * Be able to design their own research using an appropriate design and selecting suitable analysis procedures. Skills: Intellectual * To critically assess and evaluate research and evidence as well as a variety of other information. * To gather information, data, research and literature from a number of different sources * To utilise problem solving skills * To communicate an argument Professional / Practical * To be sensitive to the ethical issues in carrying out research and the legal and statutory responsibilities of the researcher. * Time management and administration skills * Independent working skills. Content: Qualitative methods to include discourse and conversation analysis, interviewing, action research. Doing research. Uses of theory and theory development. Research issues including ethical practices professional and legal issues, international perspectives. Quantitative and qualitative methods and experimental designs to include designing cross-sectional, longitudinal, single case and RCT designs, meta analysis, measuring outcomes, qualitatively and quantitatively. |