PSY 300 - Research Methods in Psychology

Course Units: 1

Students will learn how to conduct research in psychological science, including hypothesis development, research design, data collection, scientific writing, ethical considerations, and dissemination. Students will also learn how to conduct statistical analyses using the SPSS software package, to include regression as well as analysis of within-participant and factorial designs. In the capstone assignment, students will develop their own hypotheses and design their own psychological experiments with which to test those hypotheses. Prerequisite(s): PSY 200 OR with a grade of B+ or higher in STA 104 (MTH-104) , or STA 164 (MTH 164) , or ECO 243 and dept. chair approval. Corequisite(s): PSY 300L Lecture/Lab Hours Weekly lab Corequisite(s): PSY 300L Lecture/Lab Hours Weekly lab