This course is compulsory on the BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of lectures, workshops, lab sessions and classes totalling a minimum of 84.5 hours across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term. There is a reading week in Week 6 of Michaelmas Term and Week 6 of Lent Term. In response to the current situation, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of live online classes, Q+A sessions, online lab sessions and pre-recorded short online videos. You will receive the same amount of teaching whether you are on campus or online.
Students will complete a number of pieces of formative work to cement learning and prepare for summative assessments. Complete four?statistics worksheets Write one?practice piece focusing on designing research Write one?practice piece focusing on writing up qualitative research Write one?practice piece focusing on writing up quantitative research Undertake a mock exam
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Exam (30%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period. Project (30%, 2500 words) and other (30%) in the LT. Poster (10%) in the MT. Poster - this is a group assignment and you will produce an A1 poster Project - this is a mixed methods project Other -?this requires you to write methods and results for two secondary data analysis tasks Exam - the exam will consist of 55 multiple choice or very short answer questions.