PY5002:03
Evaluation and Research
Townsville
Prerequisites: Admission to MPsych or permission of Course Co-ordinator
39 hours flexible delivery. First semester.
Available to students enrolled in the Master of Psychology (Clinical & Health) degree or with permission of the course co-ordinator.
This subject will provide knowledge of the types, validity and usefulness of program evaluation, plus training in techniques for assessing change. Attention will be paid to ethical standards for program evaluators. It will also address specific methods for clinical and health research including: epidemiological surveys, clinical case studies, experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment and assessment techniques.
Learning Objectives:
- to view problems of measurement and evaluation in objective and realistic terms;
- how to apply research techniques in clinical and health practice;
- to interpret and critically evaluate existing research in these areas;
- to recognise and utilise ethical standards of practice in research.
Assessment by written assignments and class participation: design a program evaluation (30%); preparation of written material (eg., survey questions, critiques of research papers, application for ethical approval of research) for weekly workshop/seminar exercises (40%); a final examination (30%).
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