Research Design in Psychology, 9 hp

Content

The course aims to provide knowledge about research design: how a study is set up, carried out and reported, and how this is expressed in different areas of psychology. During the course, the elements of research are discussed and examined: problem formulation, research questions, previous research, method, the empirical investigation, selection, limitations and justification of empirical evidence, results and research contributions. Research ethics and scientific theory issues are also touched upon.

The course focuses on jointly discussing and examining various research designs in psychology. Various research designs of central importance to different areas of psychology will be covered, including randomized controlled trials, experimental designs using behavioural and brain imaging data, longitudinal designs, and designs within epidemiological research.

Information

The course contains two parts. 

• Experimental and quasi experimental group studies.
• Observational studies.

The course requires physical participation at Örebro University. 

Upcoming course

Next occasion will be autumn term 2025 with course start October 14th.
Click here to register. Last date to register is the 31st of August.

Questions

Contact Katja Boersma, katja.boersma@oru.se or Jonas Persson, jonas.person@oru.se.