ECTS - Research Methods and Statistical Applications
Research Methods and Statistical Applications (PSY504) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Research Methods and Statistical Applications | PSY504 | 1. Semester | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Drill and Practice. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course aims to explain the role of scientific method in clinical psychology through describing and evaluating a range of research designs and methods for conducting research and statistical methods to analyze and interpret research. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Psychological research and statistical analyses of data, univariate and bivariate statistical tools, statistical applications with software packages. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Research in Psychology and Research Ethics Application: Getting started with SPSS | Chapter 2 , 14 |
| 3 | Research Methods Application: Working with data | Chapter 3 |
| 4 | Experimental Design Application: Creating variables | Chapter 4 |
| 5 | Survey Design Application: Creating variables | Chapter 5 |
| 6 | Descriptive Statistics Application: Computing descriptives | Chapter 6 |
| 7 | Midterm Examination Application: Computing descriptives | |
| 8 | Inferential Statistics Application: Data cleaning | Chapter 7 |
| 9 | Examining Differences between Means: T test Application: T-Test Analyses | Chapter 8 |
| 10 | Examining Relationship between Variables: Correlation and Regression Application: Correlation and Regression Analyses | Chapter 9 |
| 11 | Comparing Two or More Means: ANOVA Application: ANOVA | Chapter 10 |
| 12 | Comparing Two or More Means: ANOVA Application: ANOVA | Chapter 10 |
| 13 | Reporting Findings: APA Style Application: How to write a report: APA Style | APA Manual |
| 14 | Review of Topics | |
| 15 | Overview and Conclusions | |
| 16 | Final Examination Period |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Haslam, A. A. & McGarty, C. (2018). Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (3rd Ed.). SAGE |
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| Other Sources | 2. Coolican, H. (2018). Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology. (7th Ed.) Routledge |
| 3. Shaugnessy, J. J., Zechmeister, E. B., & Zechmeister, J. S. (2012). Research methods in psychology (9th ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill | |
| 4. Green, S. B., & Salkind, N. J. (2012). Using SPSS for windows and Macintosh: Analyzing and understanding data. New Jersey: Pearson |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | 10 | 30 |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 12 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Has knowledge of theories and empirical data on the professional relationship, such as interpersonal relationships, power relationships, boundary issues, therapeutic alliance, and more specific knowledge of the fluctuations of the therapeutic/professional relationship as a function of intervention setting. | |||||
| 2 | Has knowledge of self, such as motivation, resources, values, personal biases, and the macro (work, national norms) and micro (family, gender differences) environment in which the person functions. | |||||
| 3 | Acquires skills of effective communication, establishment and maintenance of rapport, establishment and maintenance of trust and respect in the professional relationship. | X | ||||
| 4 | Accepts obligations, is sensitive to others, and conducts oneself in an ethical manner while working with other professionals. | X | ||||
| 5 | Has knowledge and skills of assessment and evaluation, such as assessment methods, knowledge of populations served in a cultural context, human development, and diagnosis, along with necessary skills such as collecting and processing data, formulating hypotheses and making a diagnosis when appropriate, report writing, and formulating an action plan. | X | ||||
| 6 | Learns an array of varied interventions with individuals and systems, such as couples, families, groups, and organizations, selecting and applying appropriate intervention methods. | |||||
| 7 | Analyzes the information by utilizing critical reasoning skills, develops a conceptual framework towards the solution of a critical problem, and communicates this to the client. | X | ||||
| 8 | Has sufficient skills in the conduct of research to be able to develop and carry out projects in a professional context and, in certain cases, in an academic context; applies various research approaches to social systems. | X | ||||
| 9 | Has knowledge of ethical principles and skills of the ethical decision-making process, proactive identification of potential ethical dilemmas, and resolution of ethical dilemmas. | X | ||||
| 10 | Learns to be a receptive supervisee, such as being open to supervision, well-prepared, able to use time efficiently, aware of limits, and able to link learning approaches to specific evaluation criteria. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 197 | ||