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Details for the Course Syllabus for Course AAM005F valid from Spring 2012

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General
  • English
  • If sufficient demand
Aim
  • The course will provide knowledge about how quantitative, qualitative and mixed study designs and methods are applied in environmental psychology research, and how different methods of data collection are applied within the study designs. A further aim is to strengthen the student's understanding of the relationship between study design, research question, methodology, execution, and results presentation. The course therewith aims to provide a base for the student's own doctoral work as well as for further research in environmental psychology.
Contents
  • Relevant study designs, methods for data collection and analyses within environmental psychology are presented. Thematic seminars cover methods used within the field of environmental psychology for the study of physical and social environment, human activity and individual differences important to human response to the environment. Published studies within students' own research areas are discussed with regard to the relation between research question choice of design, method, and presentation of results.
Knowledge and Understanding
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • To pass the course students must
    - Show a general orientation of various study designs in the research field of environmental psychology
    - Demonstrate an in depth knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods used in environmental psychology studies
    - Demonstrate an understanding of how the study design and methods relate to each other
    - Demonstrate an understanding of how different methods can be used in parallel or simultaneously in a study
Competences and Skills
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • To pass the course students must
    - Be able to describe the study design and methods of their doctoral project or the research of others based on established concepts
    - Constructively formulate and discuss the choice of study design and research methods in their own and other doctoral projects
Judgement and Approach
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • To pass the course students must
    - Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of study design and methodology for the results of published research studies
    - Be able to reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of methods used in their own PhD project
Types of Instruction
  • Seminars
  • Exercises
Examination Formats
  • Seminars given by participants
  • Miscellaneous
  • The participants read and present orally course literature in thematic seminars.
  • Failed, pass
Admission Requirements
  • Ph D students or similar
Assumed Prior Knowledge
  • MSc
Selection Criteria
Literature
  • Robson, C.: Real world research, 3rd ed.. Wiley, UK, 2011.
  • Additional literature selected in collaboration with the teachers.
Further Information
Course code
  • AAM005F
Administrative Information
  •  -08-26
  • FN3/Per Tunestål

All Published Course Occasions for the Course Syllabus

2 course occasions.

Course code ▽ Course Name ▽ Division ▽ Established ▽ Course syllabus valid from ▽ Start Date ▽ End Date ▼ Published ▽
AAM005F Environmental Psychology Research - Study Design and Methods Architecture Spring 2012 2013‑08‑30 (approximate) 2013‑11‑29
AAM005F Environmental Psychology Research - Study Design and Methods Architecture 2015‑12‑04 Spring 2012 2016‑01‑21 (approximate) 2016‑03‑09 2015‑12‑04

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