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Lecturer(s)
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Viktorová Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- Unwanted variables and their control - Research planning - Qualitative research designs (case studies, qualitative evaluation ...) - Quantitative research designs based on description - Corelation studies - Non-experimental, quasi-experiments, experiments - between-subject and within-subject designs - factorial designs - APA manual - publication of results
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Projection (static, dynamic)
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 25 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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ZM2 is the follow up course to ZM1 and deepens this knowledge further more. It aims to the foundation of psychological research methodology, which students apply when writing seminar papers and diploma thesis, as well as in practice (assessment or evaluation of other research publications, and also during the diagnostic process).
Final competencies (Student...): - knows basic quantitative research designs such experiment, quasi-experiment, correlation studies, questionnaire surveys, etc. - understands the main qualitative research designs, such as case studies, field research, evaluation, action research, etc. - understands the basic principles of psychometrics and understand the concepts of validity, reliability and standardization. - is able to use descriptive statistics (characteristics of central tendency, variability and shape of the distribution of the data sets). - is able to describe the differences between qualitative and quantitative approaches, knows the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches.
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Prerequisites
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Completion of the ZM1B course.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Didactic Test
Knowledge and skills are verified both by the lecturer directly during the teaching process (i.e. active questioning and student involvement) and then mainly by a written multiple-choice test verifying knowledge and understanding. Classification outcome - credit is awarded for passing the credit test with a minimum of 70%. The examination is a comprehensive, oral examination of both semesters/courses ZM1 and ZM2, where the student answers two sets of questions from the content of both courses. Recommended reading: Barker, C., Pistrang, N., & Elliott, R. (2002). Research methods in clinical psychology: An introduction for students and practitioners(2nd ed.). Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons. Coolican, H. (2019). Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology, 7th ed. Routledge. Goodwin, C.J. (1999). Research in Psychology. Polit, D.F., Beck, C.T. (2003). Nursing research: Principles and Methods, 7th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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Recommended literature
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Coolican, H. (1999). Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology. London.
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Disman, M. (1996). Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha.
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Ferjenčík, J. (2000). Úvod do metodologie psychologického výzkumu. Praha.
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Punch, K.F. (2008). Základy kvantitativního šetření. Praha.
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