Research Methodology

Curriculum

Faculty and students interested in affiliating with the Research Methodology focus area will typically have an interest in one or more methods, such as: analysis of variance, computing, factor analysis, longitudinal methods, measurement development, mediation analysis, meta-analysis, multivariate methods, population health methods, power analysis, principal components analysis, research design, structural equation modeling, survey research, or time series analysis, among others.

Along with one or more statistical method interests, affiliates of this focus area will also tend to conduct research within a major content area, such as but not limited to the following: antiracism, behavior change, cancer prevention, clinical psychology, community psychology, decision making, developmental psychology, education, epidemiology, gender issues, health promotion, multicultural psychology, neuropsychology, peace and non-violence, population health, poverty & malnutrition, primary prevention, public health, quality of life, reading & literacy, school psychology, smoking cessation, social psychology, substance use, undergraduate studies or women’s health.

All doctoral students are required to take the three-core methodology course:

  • PSY (STA) 532 Experimental Design
  • PSY 533 Advanced Quantitative Methods (Multivariate Methods)
  • PSY 611 Methods of Psychological Research

Students who concentrate in research methodology would take 4 additional methodology courses, drawing from within and possibly outside of psychology (see suggested options, below):

Advanced psychology courses listed in the catalogue:

  • PSY (STA) 517 Small N Designs (time series analysis)
  • PSY (STA) 610 Parsimony Methods (components/factor analysis & cluster analysis)
  • PSY (STA) 612 Structural Equation Modeling
  • PSY 614 Evaluation Research

Courses taught occasionally in psychology but not in catalogue with a separate title:

  • PSY 690 Power Analysis and Meta-analysis
  • PSY 690 Mediation Analysis
  • PSY 690 Longitudinal Analysis
  • PSY 690 Multicultural Methodology
  • PSY 692/693 Latent Growth Modeling
  • PSY 692/693 R or other Computing
  • PSY 692/693 Research Facilitation

Courses taught by other departments:

  • CSC 592 Big Data Visualization & High Performance Computing
  • NUR 651 Advanced (Qualitative) Methods in Nursing Research
  • NUR 660 Philosophical Foundations for Health Care Research
  • PHP 540 & 640 Epidemiologic Methods
  • STA 501 Analysis of Variance and Variance Components
  • STA 502 Applied Regression Analysis
  • STA 520 Fundamentals of Sampling and Applications
  • STA 535 Statistical Methodology in Clinical Trials
  • STA 536 Applied Longitudinal Analysis
  • STA 541 Applied Multivariate Analysis
  • STA 542 Categorical Data Analysis Methods
  • STA 545 Bayesian Statistics
  • STA 550 Ecological Statistics
  • STA 592 Statistical Analysis of Network Data

In addition, students are encouraged to take other PSY 692/693 Directed Readings in Research Methods.