Dissertation in Psychology (P01643)

? Credit Points : 60 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-P01643

The student will conduct a research project in the area of psychology. This will normally take the form of an empirical project but permission to conduct a library based research project may be sought.

? Keywords : Research project

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Psychology, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The student will be able to design and set up a research project. The should be able to:
- manage data and or research literature
- apply appropriate analyses techniques to any data collected
- interpret any data collected
- report any data in a style appropriate to published research
- in the case of literature based research, apply suitable critical analysis techniques to the research material.
- write up the research in a style appropriate to psychological research standards.