Experimental Design (PSY303) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Experimental Design PSY303 5. Semester 2 2 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
PSY222
Course Language English
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Experiment, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Students in this course will gain information about a variety of experimental designs and statistical analyses suitable for each design
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Develop an understanding of various experimental designs such as completely randomized design and randomized block design.
  • Get familiar with statistical analysis of various experimental designs,
  • Design their own experimental study.
  • Conduct relevant statistical analysis for their experiment.
  • Learn how to write a scientific paper about their experimental study
Course Content Experimental design , completely randomized design, randomized block designs, completely randomized factorial design with two treatments, completely randomized factorial design with three or more treatments and randomized block factorial design

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Research Strategies and the Control of Nuisance Variables Assigned reading: Chapter 1
2 Experimental Design : An Overview Assigned reading: Chapter 2
3 Fundamental Assumptions in Analysis of Variance Assigned reading: Chapter 3
4 Completely Randomized Design Assigned reading: Chapter 4
5 Completely Randomized Design Assigned reading: Chapter 4
6 Multiple Comparison Tests Assigned reading: Chapter 5
7 Randomized Block Designs Assigned reading: Chapter 8
8 Randomized Block Designs Assigned reading: Chapter 8
9 Completely Randomized Factorial Design With Two Treatments Assigned reading: Chapter 9
10 Completely Randomized Factorial Design With Two Treatments Assigned reading: Chapter 9
11 Completely Randomized Factorial Design With Three or More Treatments and Randomized Block Factorial Design Assigned reading: Chapter 10
12 Completely Randomized Factorial Design With Three or More Treatments and Randomized Block Factorial Design Assigned reading: Chapter 10
13 Split-Plot Factorial Designs: Design With Group-Treatment Confounding Assigned reading: Chapter 12
14 Split-Plot Factorial Designs: Design With Group-Treatment Confounding Assigned reading: Chapter 12
15 Final Examination Period Review of Topics
16 Final Examination Period Review of Topics

Sources

Course Book 1. Kirk, R. E. (2013). Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences. (4th Ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, Inc.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 30
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To have a comprehensive understanding of basic psychological perspectives and to examine the mental, affective, and behavioral processes of human beings within a scientific discipline X
2 To have a knowledge about the historical and philosophical developments, basic concepts, applications and schools of science of psychology as well as the subfields of psychology such as clinical, experimental, social, developmental, industrial, health, traffic and educational psychology X
3 To gain skills in identifying, describing, formulating, and solving the problems related to basic mental, emotional, and behavioral problems of human beings X
4 To develop new ideas through analytical, critical, and creative point of view by using abstract concepts and to gain skills in evaluating different psychological phenomena X
5 To gain knowledge and skills in transforming his/her theoretical knowledge into practice in different fields of psychology X
6 To have skills in accessing knowledge and using resources X
7 To have knowledge about basic principles of psychological assessment along with various quantitative, qualitative, and experimental research methods, to have skills in designing and conducting research by using these methods, and analyzing, reporting, and presenting research data X
8 To have awareness of interpersonal sensitivity, societal processes and problems
9 To have efficient written and oral communication skills in Turkish and English X
10 To gain skills in following the developments in the field of expertise and renewing himself/herself with an awareness of life-span learning X
11 To have professional and ethical responsibility, knowledge, and awareness X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 2 32
Laboratory
Application 16 2 32
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 15 15
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 8 8
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 10 10
Total Workload 125