FF:PS_BB012 Practice empirical research

PS_BB012 Practice empirical research

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Marek Blatný, DrSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

PS_BA009 Methodology of Psychology I
PS_BA009 Methodology I

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Psychology (programme FF, B-PS)

Course objectives

Students participate in one of the research projects conducted at the department. The aim is to obtain basic experience with research design, data collection and/or basic data processing. The students might find the knowledge highly useful, for example, when working on their own diploma theses.

Learning outcomes

Output competences vary depending on the specific research project for which the student registers. Some of the most common outputs include:
- Advanced experience with doing literature review relevant for a specific research question;
- Enhanced knowledge of procedures and pitfalls of selecting and preparing research methods for a specific research project: looking for information, translating and piloting instruments, putting together an electronic questionnaire, designing a test, etc.;
- Practical experience with the selection of target population and sampling procedures appropriate for a specific research project;
- Practical experience with addressing ethical issues in research (e.g. writing up informed consent forms and obtaining informed consent from participants);
- Practical experience with participant recruitment and data collection;
- Skills and knowledge necessary for compiling error-free data files ready for statistical analysis (e.g. aligning data from various sources, reversing scores, computing total scores, identifying problematic cases, etc.);
- Enhancement of skills and knowledge of statistical analysis through hypothesis testing under the investigator's supervision;
- Experience with collaborative preparation of a research report for publication (e.g. a conference poster).

Syllabus

Students are involved in research projects conducted at the department. Their contribution especially includes:
1. Finalizing research design and organizing data collection;
2. Performing data collection (e.g., administering tests and questionnaires, online or in person);
3. Data processing (e.g., data coding, rewriting data to Excel, etc.).
Students' participation on the research project is not remunerated. Sessions and meetings might take place outside the regular semester schedule.

Literature

Vzhledem k charakteru předmětu se literatura neuvádí.

Teaching methods

Team sessions and laboratory classes in small seminar groups; individual or collaborative data collection and processing (depending on the specific demands of the research project).

Assessment methods

Students are expected to perform a specific task (data collection, data processing, etc.), depending on the agreement with the supervising teacher.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Dlouhodobý seminář je určen pro předem vybrané studenty.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021.

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