PSYCHOL 7102 - Applied Methodology

The course is intended to be highly applied and of direct relevance to clinical practice. It has a heavy emphasis on program design and evaluation, and the student is also introduced to the methods for critically appraising the literature, and to the basic skills of writing research proposals. The course will cover descriptive and experimental research methods from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, as well as other contemporary approaches to research and evaluation, such as audit and case studies.