Introduction to Research Methods

Catalog description

The overall goal of this course is to help you transform from being consumers of research knowledge to being evaluators and producers of it. This course provides (a) hands-on exploration of fundamental concepts in research design, statistical analysis, scientific writing, and ethics; (b) skills necessary for designing, conducting, analyzing, and disseminating an observational study; and (c) skills for critically evaluating psychological research and mainstream media reports of it. Prerequisites: ( 85-130 or 85-241 or 85-221 or 85-102 or 85-170 or 85-150 or 85-104 or 85-190 or 85-110 or 85-100 or 85-211 or 85-219) and ( 85-309 or 36-309 or 36-200 or 70-207 )