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 62 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 the summative assessments: Practice Pre-Registration Report 3 statistics worksheets
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Report (50%) in the MT. Other (50%) in the LT. Report (50%) in MT ? You will develop a pre-registered report assignment of around 3500 words.Other (50%) in LT ? You will undertake a secondary data analysis made up of three tasks. The combined write up will be 3500 words.