? Credit Points : 180  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : PPL-P-P01696

Extended dissertation on a topic in Psychology as agreed with supervisor(s) and approved by Programme Director.

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Home subject area

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

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 30 weeks

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

Dissertation of 30,000 words.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Toni Noble
Tel : (0131 6)51 3188
Email : Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Ronnie Cann
Tel : (0131 6)51 1839
Email : r.cann@ed.ac.uk

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