{"id":149,"date":"2018-11-05T21:53:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/irmp103\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2018-11-05T21:53:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:53:04","slug":"course-aims-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/irmp103\/course-guide\/course-aims-and-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Aims and Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>This course has one unit. At the end of the you will be able to analyze and write your research report in accordance with standard of the psychology discipline.\n<\/p>\n<p>Unit 1: Data Analysis and Reporting\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"aims\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/irmp103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Aims<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Data Analysis and Reporting<\/b> is a free micro course designed for anyone who wants to learn more about research methods in psychology. At the end of this course you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"listItemNormalBullets\">\n<p>Collect and analyze data based on an instructor-approved research proposal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"listItemNormalBullets\">\n<p>Construct and analyze graphical representations of data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"listItemNormalBullets\">\n<p>Describe basic descriptive statistics including measures of central tendency and variability.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"listItemNormalBullets\">\n<p>Explain the purpose and appropriateness of inferential statistics such as t-tests and anova.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"listItemNormalBullets\">\n<p>Draw valid conclusions from empirical evidence with an awareness of the limits of various research methods.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"aims\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/irmp103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Learning objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>This course will help you to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Identify the major sections of an APA-style research report and the basic contents of each section\n<\/li>\n<li> Plan and write an effective APA-style research report\n<\/li>\n<li> Use frequency tables and histograms to display and interpret the distribution of a variable\n<\/li>\n<li> Compute and interpret the mean, median, and mode of a distribution and identify situations in which each of these measures of central tendency is most appropriate\n<\/li>\n<li> Compute and interpret the range and standard deviation of a distribution\n<\/li>\n<li> Write out simple descriptive statistics in APA style\n<\/li>\n<li> Interpret and create simple APA-style graphs\u2014including bar graphs, line graphs, and scatterplots\n<\/li>\n<li> Interpret and create simple APA-style tables\u2014including tables of group or condition means and correlation matrices\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.022 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.022 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 210\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 852\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 6311\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 3445\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:184477-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20181105212316 and revision id 1056995\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/irmp103\/course-guide\/overview\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/irmp103\/course-guide\/syllabus\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course has one unit. 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