PSYC 706 Research & Statistics I

This course is the first course in a 2-course series. Topics include developing research questions; designing experimental and nonexperimental research studies; identifying threats to validity; conducting and writing systematic literature reviews; and applying research findings to psychological practice. Students will gain familiarity with research ethics, meta-analysis, data screening, univariate statistical tests, power analysis, and the use of technology in data analysis. Each student will begin a two-semester individual research project, to be completed in PSYC 707, in this course. (Prerequisite: PSYC 703). Open only to Psy.D. students in Clinical Psychology.