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Nov 27, 2024
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PSY 240 - Introduction to Research Methods (3 units) CO12
Major techniques and problems encountered in both survey and experimental research in the behavioral sciences.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 101.
Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: CO12
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to be prove themselves critical consumers of information by evaluating knowledge claims encountered in both the scientific and popular media.
2. Students will be able to identify and address common ethical issues in research.
3. Students will be able to identify and analyze an ethical issue in psychology research.
4. Students will be able to identify multiple ethical interests in real world psychology research with human subjects.
5. Students will be able to identify a range of methods of data collection, and understand their relative advantages/disadvantages.
6. Students will be able to understand factors that determine how we design experiments, how to identify dependent and independent variables, determine what scale of measurement applies to the dependent variable, and how research data is described, presented, and organized.
7. Students will be able to explain the theory and rationale of hypothesis testing and fundamental concepts in statistical analysis.
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