This course is designed to prepare research master students to critically assess methods used in social psychology research, and to prepare students to design their own studies.
Course Description
The course will cover fundamental issues in social psychology research,including ethics in collecting and reporting data, assumptions underlying the null hypothesis significance testing framework,statistical power, and methods in assessing reliability and validity of instruments and methods.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Psychology
- Type of education: Lecture
- Academic skill: N/A
- Graduate School: IBBA
- Start date: TBD
- End date: TBD
- Minimum number of students: N/A
- Maximum number of students: N/A
- Admission criteria: Contact the course coordinator for information on admission criteria: Dr. G. Spadaro
- Concluding assessment: N/A
- Assessment type: Assessment will include short quizzes on the assigned reading material at the beginning of every class. Students will also be evaluated on a presentation, a data analysis assignment, and a paper written on a method or instrument.
- With Certificate: N/A
- Schedule info: https://studiegids.vu.nl/EN/courses/2024-2025/P_MADVRES#/
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: N/A
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: PhD students VU (and VU RMA students)
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Course Description & Study Characteristics
Course Description
The course will cover fundamental issues in social psychology research,including ethics in collecting and reporting data, assumptions underlying the null hypothesis significance testing framework,statistical power, and methods in assessing reliability and validity of instruments and methods.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Psychology
- Type of education: Lecture
- Academic skill: N/A
- Graduate School: IBBA
- Start date: TBD
- End date: TBD
- Minimum number of students: N/A
- Maximum number of students: N/A
- Admission criteria: Contact the course coordinator for information on admission criteria: Dr. G. Spadaro
- Concluding assessment: N/A
- Assessment type: Assessment will include short quizzes on the assigned reading material at the beginning of every class. Students will also be evaluated on a presentation, a data analysis assignment, and a paper written on a method or instrument.
- With Certificate: N/A
- Schedule info: https://studiegids.vu.nl/EN/courses/2024-2025/P_MADVRES#/
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: N/A
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: PhD students VU (and VU RMA students)
Contact the course coordinator for registration
Dr. G. Spadaro