Courses Handbook 2008

2498 (v.7) Research Methods 215


Area: School of Psychology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Prerequisite(s): 1916 (v.6) Research Methods 111 or any previous version
AND
1917 (v.6) Research Methods 112 or any previous version
Syllabus: The design and analysis of experiments. Themes include the elimination of systematic bias and reduction of error variance in experimental designs, statistical significance testing, practical significance and statistical power. Selected analyses include one-way, two-way and multi-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for designs with between-subjects and within-subjects factors, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multivariate ANOVA.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090799 Behavioural Science not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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