Research Methods in Psych

Catalog description

An introduction to the theory and practice of research methods in psychology with an emphasis on descriptive designs. Topics include logic and philosophy of psychological research, conceptualizing research questions, hypothesis testing, data collection and analysis strategies used by researchers in psychology, and introduction to using statistical software for data analysis. Prerequisites and Corequisites Coreq: PSYC 375L - Research Methods in Psych Lab Prereq: ENGL 101 - Composition I (C) [SGR #1, HSDC] AND either MATH 102 College Algebra or MATH 103 - Mathematical Reasoning (C) [SGR #5, HSDC] or MATH 114 - College Algebra (C) [SGR #5, HSDC] or STAT 281 - Introduction to Statistics (C) [SGR #5, HSDC]