3003PSY Objectives

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Week 1

Identify the aims and learning outcomes for 3003PSY

Explain why research and statistics are important in Psychology

Explain how methods and statistics work together

Describe the Research Process

Recall the fundamentals of descriptive statistics from previous courses

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Week 2

- Explain the difference between constructs and variables

- Explain operational definitions

- Explain how we measure constructs

- Define surveys

- Define reliability and validity

- Explain the components of observed scores

- Recall the fundamentals of descriptive statistics from previous courses

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Week 3

By the end of this week you should be able to:

Define a survey

Explain the difference between a survey study and a survey instrument

Explain considerations when conducting a survey study

Classify different modes of data collection by cost and quality

Identify potential problems with survey data

Recall the fundamentals of inferential statistics from previous courses

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Week 4

By the end of this week you should be able to:

Define and explain universalistic sampling approaches

Define and explain particularistic sampling approaches

Define and explain probability sampling approaches

Define and explain non-probability sampling approaches

Define a sampling frame

Explain the difference between bias and precision

Define a line of best fit

Explain the components of the regression equation