Dr Bradley Franks QUE.3.03

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Health, Community and Development, MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology, MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology and MSc in Social and Public Communication. This course is not available as an outside option.

All components of this course are compulsory for students' taking degree programmes in the Department of Social Psychology.

This course is for all MSc students' in the Department of Social Psychology.  It will: 1) provide an overview of methodological issues for Social Psychological research; 2) cover core skills in research design in Social Psychology; and 3) provide training in core Social Psychological methods of analysing quantitative and qualitative data. By the end of the course as a whole, students' will be equipped with methodological skills that will enable them to conduct empirical research for their MSc dissertation and possibly research after the MSc.

All teaching takes place in the MT.  The course has three components: 1) PS4AA which consists of 10 hours of teaching on methodological issues and research design, including a new MY course on the designing of experiments and questionnaires; 2) MY421M Qualitative Research Methods; and 3) MY465 Intermediate Quantitative Course

Students will follow the formative work requirements on the MY course(s) that they take under each stream.

Bauer, M. and Gaskell, G. (2000) Qualitative researching with text, image and sound - a practical handbook London, Sage Breakwell, G. Foot, H. and Gilmour. (1988) Doing Social Psychology: Laboratory and Field Exercises. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Miell, D. and Wetherwell, M. (1998) Doing Social Psychology. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Other (100%) in the MT, LT and ST.

Students will be assessed according to the elements of teaching that they take on this course (see ‘teaching’ information provided).