Postgraduate Course: Working with specialist psychological data (PSYL11055)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Psychology | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course provides an introduction to working with both qualitative and specialist quantitative data in contemporary psychological research. It covers the reasons for such forms of analysis, the ways in which relevant data is collected, and the types of analysis that may be carried out. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Block 2 (Sem 1), Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
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| Central | Lecture | S37, 7 George Square | 7-11 |  11:10 - 13:00 |  |  |  |  |  
| First Class | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
1. Understand how the research question affects the choice of data collection method employed. 
2. Become familiar with the scenarios in which the range of design types discussed are applicable. 
3. Become adept in describing and managing data collection in a variety of the areas covered. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Report on methodology: Approximately 3000 words. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Sue Widdicombe 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3411 
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Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188 
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