School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyClinical Research MethodsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101814.2
Discipline: PSYCHOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Undergraduate level research design, methods and analysis.
Equivalent Units
100472 - Advanced Research Design
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in 1546 Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology), 1812 Master of Clinical Psychology or 1814 Master of Professional Psychology.
About this Unit
The ability to understand and critique empirical research findings, and to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic interventions, is essential to the professional psychologist as a scientist-practitioner. This unit assumes a good grasp of fourth-year level research methods and equips students with advanced skills in utilising the research literature to guide and enhance their professional practice, design interventions to test clinically relevant hypotheses, and critically evaluate the effectiveness of existing research based on empirical evidence. It includes instruction in both quantitative and qualitative research design, as well as subsequent methods of data analysis.