During Interaction With Educational Computer Software Magee, Angela. Research Design and Methods . To foster critical thinking and communication skills. To provide hands-on experience conducting psychological research. To improve your ability to use the tools of modern psychology including computers and statistical methods.
Psychology is a science and psychologists are scientists.
In this course you will learn about scientific research by doing real research, not just by reading about it. You will develop your own research idea, design a way to test that idea, collect data and use statistics to determine the reliability of your results. After all everybody knows it's difficult, time consuming and often frustrating. The answer is simple. Doing your own research teaches you skills that you can't get any other way.