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Course Syllabus

Master 2024/2025

Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology

Type: Compulsory course (Science of Learning and Assessment)
Area of studies: Psychology
Delivered by: Department of Educational Programmes
Where: Institute of Education
When: 1 year, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Diana Akhmedjanova
Master’s programme: Science of Learning and Assessment
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 30

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The course reviews the principal steps taken during a psychological research study and aims to provide students with the knowledge and competencies necessary to plan and conduct research projects of their own leading to M.Sc. dissertation and scientific publications.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • learn about the principal steps of a research project in Psychology, as well as the choices that each step involves and the different possibilities that exist;
  • learn about the possibilities and limitations of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches in application to different research questions;
  • explore the possibilities of data collection and different approaches to sampling, learn to choose an appropriate sampling approach for your research question;
  • study the common experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental plans and learn to evaluate research plans, discover and prevent the associated threats to data validity;
  • learn to choose and apply in practice a set of appropriate statistical tests for your research question.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Student is able to formulate problems, goals and objectives of the study, based on an analysis of the achievements of modern psychological science and practice, substantiate hypotheses, develop a program and methodological support for research (theoretical, empirical)
  • Learn about the principal steps of a research project in Psychology
  • Able to use evidence-based approaches and valid methods of quantitative and qualitative diagnostics and assessment to solve scientific, applied and expert problems
  • Explore the possibilities of data collection and different approaches to sampling, learn to choose an appropriate sampling approach for your research question
  • Study the common experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental plans and learn to evaluate research plans, discover and prevent the associated threats to data validity
  • Learn about the possibilities and limitations of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches in application to different research questions;
  • Able to carry out a critical analysis of problem situations based on a systematic approach, develop an action strategy
  • Learn to choose and apply in practice a set of appropriate statistical tests for your research question
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Human being as a challenge: Research paradigms in psychology
  • Getting your data: Sources and samples
  • Qualitative Research
  • Research plans 1: Experiments
  • Research plans 2: Quasi-experimental and non-experimental plans
  • Mixed-Methods Research
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Individual tasks
    Individual tasks will involve different tasks that will require students to watch videos, read articles, and then participate in discussion forums, fill out forms, and design their own research study. Each task will be assessed with the help of criteria that will be provided for each task.
  • non-blocking In-class group tasks
    During in-class group activities, students will have an opportunity to study different types of research designs and prepare presentations, analyze quality of research articles, and discuss the nuance of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research designs.
  • non-blocking At home group tasks
    Students will work in small groups to prepare a research presentation on the state of research pertinant to specific topics.
  • non-blocking Final research project
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 2nd module
    0.25 * At home group tasks + 0.25 * Final research project + 0.25 * In-class group tasks + 0.25 * Individual tasks
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Advanced research methods in psychology, Giles, D. C., 2008
  • An applied reference guide to research designs : quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, Edmonds, W. A., 2013
  • An introduction to qualitative research, Flick, U., 2009
  • Creswell, J. W. (2014). Educational Research: Pearson New International Edition : Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (Vol. Fourth edition, Pearson new international edition). Harlow, Essex: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1418055
  • Gerard Guthrie. (2010). Basic Research Methods : An Entry to Social Science Research. Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Golden-Biddle, K., & Locke, K. (2007). Composing Qualitative Research (Vol. 2nd ed). Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=294624
  • HU, C.-P., & CHANG, Y.-Y. (2017). John W. Creswell, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.BCEBF1CE

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Advanced research methods for the social and behavioral sciences edited by John E. Edlund (Rochester Institute of Technology), Austin Lee Nichols (Connection Lab). (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.1032497149
  • An introduction to data analysis : qantitative, qualitative and mixed methods, Bergin, T., 2018
  • Cho, J., & ProQuest (Firm). (2018). Evaluating Qualitative Research. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1601115
  • Research design : qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches, Creswell, J. W., 2018
  • Schoonenboom, J. (Department of E. F. of P. and E. U. of V., Johnson, R. B. (Department of P. S. U. of S. A., & R. Burke Johnson. (2017). How to Construct a Mixed Methods Research Design. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-017-0454-1
  • Stacey, K. (2005). Approaches to Qualitative Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 26(1), 54.

Authors

  • AKHMEDZHANOVA DIANA RAFAILEVNA