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PSYC214 RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY II

Course Code: 3710214
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 4(3-2)
ECTS Credit: 7.0
Department: Psychology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. V.DOÐU ERDENER
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 3710113
The course set above should be completed before taking PSYC214 RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY II .

Course Content

This course aims to familiarize students with the use of experimental methods in psychology. The content will include basic principles of good experimentation, between group and within-group experiments, how to deal with the problems associated with these kinds of experiments, design and interpretation of factorial experiments. During the course of the semester, students will be required to create a simple experiment of their own, collect data, and report the result in a computer generated report in the appropriate format.
Prerequisite: PSYC 113.