Dr Caroline Howarth STC.374

This course is available 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.

A full unit of methods training is compulsory for students taking the above named programmes. Students take either PS4A1/2/3/4 depending on their level of knowledge and experience with methods.

This is for MSc students in the department with some background in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. This shall provide them with an overview of methodological issues for Social Psychological research and a choice of both advanced quantitative and qualitative courses. The course as a whole will equip them with methodological skills that will enable them to conduct empirical research for their MSc Dissertation and possibly research after the MSc.

The programme consists of 10 hours of in-house ISP teaching and two half unit course options provided by the LSE Methodology Institute (MY) during MT and LT. • PS4AA - ISP in-house research methods lectures (10 hours in MT). And choose ONE option from each group: Qualitative Methods: MY426 Doing Ethnography (LT) • MY427 Qualitative Research with non-traditional data (LT) • MY428 Qualitative Text Analysis (MT) • MY429 Special Topics in Qualitative Analysis (LT). Quantitative Methods: MY452 Applied regression Analysis (MT/LT) • MY455 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (LT) • MY456 Survey Methodology (LT) • MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (LT) • MY459 Regression Models for Discrete Outcomes (LT) • ST416 Multilevel and Longitudinal Modelling (LT).

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).