Overview
Description
Theory and philosophy of research designs in applied psychology, covering group designs, quasi-experimental designs, psychometric theory, classical test construction, reliability, validity, and meta-analysis.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- discuss, critique and apply experimental and quasi-experimental design principles to their own research and literature in their field.
- discuss and identify components of construct, internal, external, and statistical conclusion validity as it applies research design.
- identify ethical issues and standards as it pertains to research design.
- discuss factors that affect their own behavior as scientists including heuristics errors such as confirmation bias.