Why this course?

Description

• Research: Meaning, Purpose, and Dimensions.
• Research problems, Variables and Operational Definitions, Hypothesis, Sampling.
• Ethics in conducting and reporting research
• Paradigms of research: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed methods approach
• Methods of research: Observation, Survey [Interview, Questionnaires], Experimental, Quasi-experimental, Field studies, Cross-Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Grounded theory, Focus groups, Narratives, Case studies, Ethnography
• Statistics in Psychology: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion. Normal Probability Curve. Parametric [t-test] and Non-parametric tests [Sign Test, Wilcoxon Signed rank test, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Friedman]. Power analysis. Effect size.
• Correlational Analysis: Correlation [Product Moment, Rank Order], Partial correlation, multiple correlation.
• Special Correlation Methods: Biserial, Point biserial, tetrachoric, phi coefficient.
• Regression: Simple linear regression, Multiple regression.
• Factor analysis: Assumptions, Methods, Rotation and Interpretation.
• Experimental Designs: ANOVA [One-way, Factorial], Randomized Block Designs, Repeated Measures Design, Latin Square, Cohort studies, Time series, MANOVA, ANCOVA. Single-subject designs.