Unit RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS IN CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
- Course
- Assessment of individual functioning in clinical and health psychology
- Study-unit Code
- 40A00055
- Curriculum
- Curriculum ii
- Teacher
- Giulia Balboni
- Teachers
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- Giulia Balboni
- Hours
- 54 ore - Giulia Balboni
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Psicologia generale e fisiologica
- Academic discipline
- M-PSI/03
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course covers notions on planning research in the field of psychosocial studies.
- Reference texts
- Recommended reading includes the following works:
(1) Howitt, D. e Cramer, D. (2020). Metodologia della ricerca in psicologia. Pearson.
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 (to read), 7, 8, 9, 10 + Online activities
or
McBurney, D. H. e White, T. L. (2008). Metodologia della ricerca in psicologia (ed. 4). Il Mulino.
Chapters 1, 2, 3 (to read), 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 + Activties
(2) Pedrabissi, L., & Santinello, M. (1997). I test psicologici. Bologna: Il Mulino.
Chapters 7 e 8.
(3) Primi, C. e Chiesi, F. (2005). Introduzione alla psicometria. Roma: Editori Laterza.
Chapters 1, 10, 11 (Sec. 2, p. 150-159) and 13 (part on correlation coefficient p. 204-215)
Recommended readings for students who do not attend continuously: Chapters 7, 8, and 9.
(4) Balboni, G., & Cubelli, R. (2011). How to use psychological tests for functional diagnosis: The case of assessment of learning disabilities. In T.E. Scruggs & M.A. Mastropieri (Eds.), Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Volume 24: Assessment and intervention (79-92). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
(5) Lecture materials available in Unistudium
Slides used in class by the lecturer and available at the end of each week's lecture.
Working students and students with disabilities and/or DSAs should contact the lecturer in good time to determine any additions/changes to the bibliographic references.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA, visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Educational objectives
- The student will acquire
- knowledge with respect to the stages of scientific investigation and the main research designs in psychology;
- skill and ability to apply the ways of testing the null hypothesis;
- skill and ability to apply how to test the validity and reliability of a psychological test and how to calculate and use the standard error of measurement.
These acquisitions are in line with the CdS objectives of acquiring adequate knowledge and understanding of methods and techniques of analysis and data collection and methods of designing and testing psychological interventions. - Prerequisites
- Prerequisites are the basic topics of descriptive and inferential statistics.
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical lessons and practical training.Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning. Project work.
- Other information
- Class attendance is strongly recommended.
In the course of the lectures, the topics presented in the texts will be covered in more depth, and practical exercises will be carried out that are essential for learning and cannot be replaced by studying the texts alone. For these reasons, active attendance in the course is recommended. - Learning verification modality
- Written exam (open and multiple choice questions). The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology. The student must demonstrate the ability to put into practice and to execute, with critical awareness, the activities illustrated or carried out under the guidance of the teacher during the course.
The written test lasting about 60 minutes consists of about 2 open questions with bounded space and about 13 multiple-choice questions. This test aims to assess the acquisition of the presented content and its application in original contexts.
In general, the test checks the following aspects:
- Knowledge and understanding - Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: Synthesis
- Knowledge and understanding - Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: Detail
- Autonomy of judgment, understood as the ability to produce independent judgments, arriving at coherent reflections on scientific or ethical issues
- Communication skills, conceived as the ability to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to other interlocutors
- Learning skills, understood as the ability necessary to advance in studies with a high degree of autonomy.
In order to take the written test, it is necessary to register through the On Line Secretarial Services (SOL) registration system.
The dates of the written test can be found in the examination calendar posted on the FISSUF Department website.
Students with disabilities and/or DSAs should contact the faculty member on time to work out modifications to testing arrangements.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA, visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
In case a student intends to anticipate his/her exam in a year preceding the one it is scheduled in his/her curriculum, it is recommended to anticipate as well the attendance of the lessons and to schedule the exam in the first useful session after the lessons have been concluded. - Extended program
- Principles of methodology and data analysis
- Characteristics of scientific inquiry
- Stages scientific inquiry: research hypothesis, research design, use of statistical tests and logic of hypothesis testing
Principles of test theories and techniques
- Validity, reliability and standard error of measurement of a psychological test: methods of investigation and usefulness of information gained in clinical settings
- Use of psychological tests in functional diagnosis - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 3, 4, 10