Course Syllabus

Course Description: This course aims to provide an introduction to the different research methods to undertake empirical research in psychology and other disciplines of the behavioral science. Topics include identifying and conceptualizing potential topics into problem statements, articulating research questions and hypotheses, conducting literature reviews, selecting and designing specific research methods and techniques appropriate for answering key research questions, and develop a viable research proposal.



Course Objectives:

1. Encourage students to think critically about the fundamental concepts of the research process and how psychological research conducted

2. Develope information literacy and technology skills to retrieve and synthesize information and critically evaluate published psychological research

3. Provide understanding of the different research designs and data gathering techniques to bring evidence and find answers to the problem

4. Develop students ability on how to prepare a research proposal based and supported by existing research



Course Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the foundations of empirical research in behavioural science.

2. Develop an ability to think critically about research and critically evaluate empirical research reports.

3. Understand and critically evaluate various research methodologies used by psychologist.

4. Design a research proposal with an appropriate research methods and techniques.

5. Develop skills in research proposal writing



Course Stucture

Class activities include interactive lecture presentations and tutorial sessions with online activities via recommended readings that underscore the research process in behavioral sciences. Evaluation of students' performance include assessment methodologies such as annotated list of bibliographies relevant to their topics and reviews of weekly acitivities and online learning portfolio of each group.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Week 10

Week 10:  Repeated Measures Designs



SHORT-ANSWER

1.   Cite at least two reasons why a researcher might choose to use a repeated measures design.

2.   Provide brief answers to each of the following questions regarding the repeated measures designs.

      A.  What distinguishes the complete repeated measures design from the incomplete repeated measures design?

      B.  What techniques are used in the complete and incomplete repeated measures designs to balance practice effects?

MULTIPLE-CHOICE


3.   Which of the following is not one of the reasons why researchers choose to use the repeated measures design?
      A.  Repeated measures designs are generally less sensitive than are independent groups designs.
      B.  Repeated measures designs require fewer subjects.
      C.  Repeated measures designs are more convenient and efficient.
      D.  Repeated measures designs are needed when the experimental procedures require participants to compare two or more stimuli.

4.   The difference between repeated measurements to establish test-retest reliability and experiments using repeated measures designs is that in experiments with repeated measures designs:
      A.  measurements are compared for different conditions of an independent variable.
      B.  the reliability of measurement is not important.
      C.  measurements occur only twice.
      D.  a correlation coefficient would be used to determine consistency across measurements.

5.   There can be no confounding by individual differences variables in the repeated measures designs because:
      A.  only one participant is tested in all repeated measures designs.
      B.  individual differences variables are held constant in repeated measures designs.
      C.  individual differences variables are eliminated in repeated measures designs.
      D.  the same participants are tested in all conditions of repeated measures designs.

6.   Which of the following concerns leads researchers to balance practice effects in repeated measures designs?
      A.  Balancing practice effects allows researchers to determine the sources of systematic error variation in repeated measures designs.
      B.  Balancing practice effects allows researchers to account for individual differences variables in repeated measures designs due to participants' prior experience.
      C.  Balancing allows researchers to control changes participants undergo with repeated testing in repeated measures designs.
      D.  Balancing allows researchers to ignore sources of confounding that cannot be balanced in repeated measures designs.

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