2025-2026 Academic Catalog

PSY-220 Research Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

This course discusses the methods employed to conduct research in Psychology. During the course of the semester, students will learn about different research designs Psychologists use and how they measure the phenomenon of interest. Although this course is not a statistics class, you will learn about some descriptive and inferential statistical methods as they are directly related to methodological and measurement issues in Psychology research.

Credits

3 credits

Prerequisite

Take PSY-101.

Semesters Offered

Fall and Spring Only, All Years