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PSK 601 - Advanced Research Methods

Graduate Education Institute · Psychology · Doctorate

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Öyküm Esra YİĞİT

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the ability to design, conduct and evaluate psychological research. Specifically identified goals in this framework are: (1) gain skills in designing psychology research; (2) gaining the ability to assess current psychological research; (3) gain skills in writing a research proposal; (4) acquiring familiarity with reporting research results and publication process; and (5) understanding research ethics.

Course Content

Topics are explained by the lecturer and article review presentations are carried out by the students. Students are encouraged to share their thoughts and to think critically about the topics in the course. The content of the course is based on the needs of the students and on current scientific developments. Examinations cover both reading texts and discussions within the course.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Being able to understand advanced psychology research
  2. Being able to design an advanced psychology research
  3. Being able to conduct an advanced psychology research

Core Area Distribution

(31) Social and Behavioural Science%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeExperiment - Test / Lab/ Workshop / Field PracticeSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / Thesis

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14342
Out of Class Study Period14570
Midterm000
Quiz000
Assignment13030
Practice000
Final14040

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1IntroductionSyllabus
2Internal and External ValidityKazdin (2017) Chapter 2
3Construct and Data-Evaluation ValidityKazdin (2017) Chatper 3
4Research ideasLecture notes and Kazdin (2017) Chapter 4
5Experimental designsKazdin (2017) Chapter 5
6Non-experiment designsShaughnessy et al. (2015) / Kazdin (2017) Chapter 6-7
7Singl case designsKazdin (2017) Chapter 8
8Mid-term examsMid-term exams
9Qualitative designs IKazdin (2017) Chapter 9
10Qualitative designs IIKazdin (2017) Chapter 9
11Measurement IKazdin (2017) Chapter 10
12Measurement IIKazdin (2017) Chapter 11
13Statistics IKazdin (2017) Chapter 13
14Statistics IIKazdin (2017) Chapter 14
15Open scienceLecture notes
16Final examsFinal exams