Methodology of psychological research 1600-SZD-WM-MPR
The course is designed as an introduction to understanding the process of knowledge building. It starts with elements of the philosophy of science (The scientific truth is introduced as the adequacy between the theoretical model and observed world). The structure of the research process in psychology will base on a distinction between exploratory and confirmatory research (their structure, principles and data analysis strategy). The measurement theory block will include the assumptions, classic and IRT model. Fundamental relations between methodology and statistical analysis are discussed. The concluding block cover metanalysis methodology and the relationship between science and social environment, based on innovation diffusion theory.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
Learning Outcomes
• Knowledge:
Knows and understands:
• the methodology of scientific research in psychology
• the principles of disseminating scientific results (also in the open-access mode).
• The fundamental principles of knowledge transfer to the economic and social sphere as well as commercialization of the effects of scientific activities and know-how related to these results.
• Skills:
Can:
• use knowledge from various fields of science or the field of art to creatively identify, formulate and innovatively solve complex problems or perform research tasks, in particular:
• define the purpose and subject of scientific research, develop a research hypothesis
• design research methods, techniques and tools and apply them creatively
• infer based on the results of scientific research.
• Social competence:
Is ready to:
• A critical assessment of one's contribution to the development of social sciences, including
• A critical evaluation of scientific achievements in the field of psychology
Assessment criteria
The Student receives credit based on attendance and a final essay.
In the absence of the required attendance, he can write additional work (the scope is determined individually depending on the subject of abandoned classes).
In the case of unsatisfactory assessment of the final essay, the Student has the right to additional consultation and submit a second final essay on the same terms.
Credit-based on a structured review of a selected empirical paper. The review will be based on addressing several issues. Students can choose the paper themselves, but the teacher must approve them.
Assessment criteria:
A student presenting a review must have achieved at least 60% of the assessed learning outcomes
Bibliography
Major Readings:
Bhattacherjee, A. (2012). Social science research: Principles, methods, and practices.
Supplementary:
Popper, K. Three Worlds
Popper, K. The Logic of scientific discovery
Open Science Collaboration (2015) The reproducibility of psychological science. Science 349, aac4716.
Nosek, B. A., Ebersole, C. R., DeHaven, A. C., & Mellor, D. T. (2018). The preregistration revolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(11), 2600-2606.Siddaway, A. P., Wood, A. M., & Hedges, L. V. (2019). How to do a systematic review: a best practice guide for conducting and reporting narrative reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses. Annual review of psychology, 70, 747-770.
Shiker, M. (2012). Multivariate Statistical Analysis. British Journal of Science, 55(1)
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