APSY 601 Statistics and research techniques for social sciences I.docx
- 1. CYPRUS AMERICAN UNIVERSITY / REGENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GHANA DOCTORAL PROGRAM COURSE OUTLINE COURSE TITLE & CODE STATISTICS AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES FOR ː SOCIAL SCIENCES I COURSE CODE: APSY 601 INSTRUCTORS/FACILITATORS Prof. D. Ayim ː -Aboagye; Dr. M. Akakpo This course enables the student to design and conduct complex correlational and experimental studies. It studies in-depth analyses using multivariate tests of hypotheses. Topics include reliability analysis, Factorial Analysis, principal component analysis, Meta-Analysis etc. Course Objectives By the end of this course, students will be able to: 1. Know APA rules and guidelines for statistical research reporting 2. Understand how to develop chapters of a thesis using statistical techniques 3. To design and conduct complex correlational and experimental studies 4. Develop a research proposal with advanced statistical design 5. Conduct advanced statistical testing using SPSS. Course Content 1. Multivariate tests of hypotheses. 2. Reliability analysis 3. ANOVA and Factorial Analysis 4. Path and Principal component analysis, 5. Meta-Analysis etc. Mode of Delivery Online, Face-to-Face and Student Assignment
- 2. Reading Material Cramer, D. (1998). Fundamental Statistics for Social Research: Step-by-Step Calculations and Computer Techniques Using SPSS for Windows. 1st Edition. London: Routledge. Cresswell, J.W., & Cresswell, J.D. (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Method Approaches. (5th Ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. Sage. Rabbie, E. R. (2015). The Practice of Social Research (14th Ed.). Cengage Learning. Salazar, L.F., Crosby, R.A., & DiClemente, R.J. (2015). Research Methods in Health Promotion (2nd Ed.). Jossey-Bass. Zhou. X., Zhou, C., Lui, D., & Ding, X. (2014). Applied Missing Data Analysis in the Health Sciences (Statistics in Practice Book 81). (1st Ed.) Wiley. Shaughnessy, J. J., Zechmeister, E. B., & Zechmeister, J. S. (2015). Research methods in psychology (Tenth edition). McGraw-Hill Education. LECTURERS PROFILE: Desmond Ayim-Aboagye received his B.A., M.A. from Newbold College of Higher Education in UK and Andrews University (USA). Later he studied at the Uppsala University (Sweden) in the field of Psychology of Religion and Educational Sciences, and then received (BA) M.A. PhD in Psychology of Religion in 1993. Desmond has undertaken research education in Pain Studies PhD in University of Uppsala, Surgical Science Department 2015. He is an Associate Professor in Åbo Akademi University, Finland and Uppsala University in Sweden. Currently as a full professor in Uppsala University, Sweden and Regent University College of Science and Technology, Ghana, he works as Dean and lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Human Development. He is also a reviewer in the Springer-Nature Journal of Child and Family Studies. Over the past decades he has had clinical experiences in the Psychiatric Clinics in Sweden and has published articles and many books, which include The Function of Myth in Akan Healing Experience: A Psychological Inquiry into Two Akan Healing Communities (1993); The Psychology of Akan Religious Healing 1997); Using Christian Religious Resources in the Welfare of Prisoners: The Case of Swedish Prisons (1997); Prison, Punishment and the Church. A Socio-Psychological Investigation of the Work of Chaplains among the Immigrant Inmates in Swedish Prisons (2000); Indigenous Psychiatry. Transcultural Study of
- 3. Traditional Practitioners in West African Healing Communities with Focus on Ghana (2006); The Psychiatric Care in West African Mental Hospitals: The Impact of Religion and Tradition on the Care of Mental Patients