Research and Design
Full course description
The students learn advanced statistical methods in psychological and management research. The course focuses on quantitative methods. The students learn mediation and moderation, moderated mediation and mediated moderation, and multi-level analyses.
Based on various papers discussing or presenting sophisticated and new research designs or methodological approaches, the students learn to understand and how to use the following methods:
- Basic regression analyses and ANOVA
- Moderated mediation / mediated moderation
- Multi-level analyses
- Growth modelling including dynamic mediated growth models and discontinuous growth models
- Combining field studies and experiments
- Diary studies and experience sampling methods
Finally, the course provides an introduction to writing a scientific paper.
The final assessment for this course is a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.
Course objectives
The students will improve and gain substantial knowledge in psychological and management research methods. Students will be provided with knowledge on the latest advances and foundations in quantitative psychological methodology. Students will learn how to present methodological approaches, research designs, and findings in class. They will thus learn to develop, apply, and report the findings of a particular design/method. The main focus of the module is on a general understanding and the application of the methodological approaches.
The students will learn social competencies in small group interactions and improve their presentation skills.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in descriptive and inferential statistics is required.