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 Five

Week 5: Survey Research
SHORT DISCUSSION
1.   Describe the major purpose of correlational research, and briefly explain how correlational research is different from experimental research.

2.   Distinguish between nonprobability sampling and probability sampling. Name a type of nonprobability sample and two types of probability samples.

MULTIPLE-CHOICE

3.   When two different measures of the same people, events, or things vary together we say that these two measures are:
      A.  redundant.
      B.  contingent.
      C.  correlated.
      D.  spurious.

4.   Surveys play an important role in the type of research that is intended to assess the covariation between naturally occurring variables. This type of research is called:
      A.  experimental research.
      B.  qualitative research.
      C.  causal research.
      D.  correlational research.

5.   A professor is trying to determine if students’ final exam scores in a course can be predicted based on their scores on the first test. The quantitative index that the professor is likely using in this situation is the:
      A.  prediction product.
      B.  correlation coefficient.
      C.  contingency score.
      D.  covariation cross product.

6.   What does the absolute value of a correlation coefficient indicate about a predictive relationship?
      A.  strength
      B.  direction
      C.  interpretability
      D.  causal direction

7.   A correlation shows that low anxiety scores correspond to high test performance scores and high anxiety scores correspond to low test performance scores. The predictive relationship between anxiety and test performance in this relationship is:
      A.  negative
      B.  zero
      C.  positive
      D.  causal

8.   Which of the following pieces of information is the least useful when evaluating whether the results of a survey are biased?
      A.  whether the survey data have been selectively analyzed or reported
      B.  whether the survey involves a biased sample
      C.  whether the wording of the questions on the questionnaire were slanted
      D.  whether an organization sponsored the survey
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