Cand.merc.(psyk.) - erhvervsøkonomi og psykologi
Eksperimentel metode
About the course
What you will learn
The purpose of the course is to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify, design, and implement rigorous experiments to investigate causal hypotheses. Thus, central to the course is the idea of causal reasoning as well as the ability to (a) transform vague research questions into specific cause-and-effect relationships and (b) devise an appropriate methodological architecture to conduct experimental studies that test these relationships in a valid and reliable way. To achieve a grade 12, students should meet the following objectives with no or only minor errors:
- Describe the logic of causality, conceptualize causal claims, and develop well-justified causal hypotheses.
- Apply alternative experimental study designs to test causal research hypotheses.
- Utilize appropriate techniques and operationalizations of experimental procedures and elements.
- Critically assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of different methodological choices by reflecting on the external, ecological, and internal validity of experimental studies.
- Discern (and avoid) questionable research practices, evaluating their impact on the veracity and reproducibility of experimental results.
- Describe the role of statistical testing and explain how key statistical concepts apply to experimental research methods.