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Unit of Study PSYC3002 - Psychological Investigation II (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

Unit description

Learn how to do applied research! We examine core principles in designing rigorous, high-quality research, and develop practical skills in data collection and analysis. You will be able to critically appraise quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method research. In the process, you will develop an understanding of their relative strengths and weaknesses, and how they can be used to practically answer applied research questions in psychology.

Unit content

  1. Research possibilities
  2. Reviews
  3. Conducting qualitative research
  4. Synthesising evidence
  5. Dissemination of research
  6. Theory into practice

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term4
Term4
Gold Coast
Term4
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Online
Term4
Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

examine the relevance, importance, and potential value of various research approaches to scientific inquiry in applied psychology

apply practical skills for collecting qualitative data

analyse qualitative data using thematic analysis

evaluate quantitative and qualitative research designs and understand key principles of data analysis

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