Class Research Methods and Data Analysis I

Given the scientific regulation of Psychology, this curricular unit intends that students develop and master a set of competences for the practice of scientific research in Psychology, namely the methodological skills necessary to the understanding and elaboration of a research project proposal in the field of Forensic Psychology. The critical analysis of empirical studies in the area, with a special focus on quantitative methodologies is also enphasized

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PC1: Phases of quantitative methodology. 1.1 Identification and elaboration of research questions and hypotheses. 1.2 Identification, classification, and operationalization of variables. PC2: Data treatment and management PC3: Sampling methods and data analysis. 3.1 Construction of databases and analysis software. 3.2 Measures of association. 3.3 Univariate/Multivariate analysis. 3.3.1 Tests of differences between groups. 3.3.2 ANOVA (Analysis of Variance): 1 factor, 2 or more factors, repeated measures. 3.3.2 Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). 3.3.4 MANOVA

Several teaching methodologies (TM), such as exposition moments (TM1), feedback by the teacher (TM2) and peer-to-peer discussion (TM3) will be used. However, and because this is a practical CU, the methodologies to be favored are the demonstrative (TM4) and the active (TM5), involving the development of a group work in the tutorial regime.

Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using SPSS. Sage. Howitt, D. & Cramer, D. (2017). Research methods in psychology. Pearson. Maroco, J. (2017). Análise estatística com o SPSS Statistics. ReportNumber. (acresce bibliografia complementar recomendada nas aulas)