Dr Alex Goddard

This course is available on the MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology, MSc in Psychology of Economic Life, MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology and MSc in Social and Public Communication. This course is not available as an outside option.

Students will have to choose between PB411 and PB414.  

This course is for MSc students in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science.  It will:

1. provide an overview of methodological issues for psychological research;
2. cover core skills in research design in Psychology; and
3. provide training in core 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 in a variety of real world contexts.

Teaching takes place in the AT.  The course has two components:

• MY421 Qualitative Research Methods (AT)
• MY452 Applied Regression Analysis (AT) 

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.
• Haslam, S.A., & McGarty, C. (2014). Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology. London: Sage.
• Miell, D. and Wetherwell, M. (1998) Doing Social Psychology. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
• Agresti, A and Finlay, B, Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. A course pack will be available for download online.

Exam (50%, duration: 2 hours) in the spring exam period.
Report (50%) in the WT.

PB414: Not assessed

MY421: 50% 3,000 word report (WT)

MY452: 50% exam in the Summer exam period.