PSY4403 Psychology research project: Methodology and data collection

The aim of PSY4403 is to enable students to produce a high quality research project component, consisting of the production of a research project methods section, and research project data accumulation. This unit forms part of students' undertaking of a supervised research project that aims to provide training in both discipline specific and generic research skills. The methods section of the GDPA research thesis will consist of a description of the methods to be used to answer the research questions, and the accumulation component of the research project will consist of accumulation of research data via the conducting of experiments, surveys, interviews, focus groups, textual analyses, and database access. Students will be provided with course materials and guidance to help them produce high quality research methods and data accumulation research project components, and to coherently synthesise these into the overall research project. The development of these skills and their application to the production of quality research method and data accumulation components will build on students' research and writing skills developed in previous courses.