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Special Topic: Modern Research Methods - NEW in Semester 2, 2017This course is concerned with methods and strategies that are of major importance to psychology and other behavioural sciences. It places a heavy emphasis on acquiring an in-depth understanding of different types of modern research methods as they occur in their proper scientific contexts.The topics and methods to covered are as follows: perspectives, strategies and methods; the significance sameness paradigm; tests of statistical significance; the new statistics, Bayesian statistical inference; a model of data analysis and replication; exploratory data analysis; computer-intensive resampling methods; robust statistics; exploratory factor analysis; grounded theory method; and, dos and don'ts for conducting thesis research.At the end of the course students should:1) have developed a critical understanding of the methods covered and the do's and don'ts for conducting thesis research2) have a conceptual understanding of the methods and the need to make informed decisions about their proper use.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department
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Domestic fee $963.00
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* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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