PSYC8000A Research Project (4.5/13.5 units)

This topic is taught and assessed as a continuum. Students must enrol in all topic components in the same academic year.

This topic includes a research project which each student works on under the guidance of an academic supervisor. The research project includes a research question, empirical literature review, data analysis, reporting of results, and a discussion that distils the key take-home messages in light of the research question and implications of the results, and in the context of current theory and/or other relevant research findings. Students may work in groups on shared data sets but will each have a unique research question.

This topic aims to equip students with the skills to:

• Formulate and justify a research question
• Identify an appropriate and ethical method of answering the research question
• Select, use and report appropriate statistical analyses
• Interpret the results, including their practical or clinical significance where relevant
• Write a formal research report

1. Formulate and justify a research question
2. Identify an appropriate and ethical method of answering the research question
3. Select, use and report appropriate statistical analyses
4. Interpret the results, including their practical or clinical significance where relevant
5. Write a formal research report