MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Having completed this module, alongside independent study, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role of non-experimental and qualitative methodology within Psychology
2. Demonstrate a systematic knowledge of established techniques of research and enquiry underpinning non-experimental and qualitative methodologies
3. Demonstrate knowledge of issues/debates associated with non-experimental and qualitative research
Thinking skills
4. Critically examine non-experimental and qualitative psychological literature
5. Formulate and justify an appropriate design, research question, and analytical approach suited to qualitative research
6. Formulate and justify research questions and/or hypothesis/es, and an appropriate plan of statistical analysis, for non-experimental quantitative research.
Subject-based practical skills
7. Use an appropriate qualitative framework to analyse textual data
8. Execute, evaluate and write up a non-experimental psychological report following disciplinary conventions and adhering to broader academic standards
9. Execute, evaluate and write up a qualitative psychological report following disciplinary conventions and adhering to broader academic standards
General skills
10. Demonstrate knowledge of, and commitment to, appropriate ethical codes of practice for psychological research
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (numbers in brackets refer to learning outcomes above)
[1,2] Demonstrated understanding of statistical analyses involving correlation and regression are used to analyse non-experimental numerical data.
[2] Demonstrated awareness of how to evaluate the psychometric properties of scales used in psychological research.
[3,4] Demonstrated ability to link findings from your analysis to relevant literature.
[6] Demonstrated ability to formulate a rationale for your approach to analysing a non-experimental psychological dataset which may involve the accurate framing of testable hypotheses (or a testable hypothesis)
[8] Demonstrated understanding of how to write up a non-experimental psychological report in a discipline appropriate manner
