Module PY1300-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, compulsory, psychology
• Master Auditory Technology 2022, optional subject, psychology
• Master Auditory Technology 2017, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, compulsory, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2016, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• lecture in basics in statistics I (lecture, 2 SWS)
• practice in empirical-scientific working (exercise, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 120 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Psychological Science
• Features of the empirical sciences
• Brief review on the history of psychological science
• PLANNING RESEARCH:
• Hypotheses and Theories
• Operationalising your research question
• Ethics of psychological testing
• Rules of good scientific practice
• MEASURING:
• To observe, to count, to measure
• Quantitative methods of data acquisition
• Objective, reliable, valid: Basics of classical testing theory
• Levels of measurement
• PERFORMING RESEARCH:
• Study design
• Confounding variables and their control
• Sample and Population
• The idea of hypothesis testing
• Writing up your results
• Principles of statistical hypothesis testing
• The psychological examination report
• Introduction to the computer-aided analysis of empirical research data

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The ability to conceive and test research hypotheses according to the scientific criteria in psychology
• Students are proficient in translating research questions into experimental designs.
• You have basic skills in understanding, critiquing, and writing scientific research reports.
• Mastering the rules of good scientific practice
• You have developed a critical understanding of science.
• Students master the basics of computer-aided coding, processing and analysis of empirical research data

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jonas Obleser

Teacher:

• Department of Psychology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jonas Obleser

Literature:

• Hussy, W., Schreier, M., & Echterhoff, G. : Forschungsmethoden in Psychologie und Sozialwissenschaften für Bachelor Berlin [u.a.]: Springer, 2010
• Sedlmeier, P., & Renkewitz, F : Forschungsmethoden und Statistik in der Psychologie München [u.a.]: Pearson Studium, 2008
• Huber, O. : Das psychologische Experiment: Eine Einführung (5. Aufl.) Bern: Huber, 2009

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

29.10.2025