Syllabus/achievement requirements

In preparing your project outline’s chapter on “Background and status of knowledge” you must do literature search in databases such as Medline, Pubmed, or PsychInfo to write up a state-of-the-art nationally and/or internationally on the topic you have chosen to study. You must give a description of what is already known, and what remains to be studied and how your project contributes to the existing literature. The cited literature is to be presented in your reference list. Also, you need to refer to literature on methodological issues in your “Approaches, hypotheses and choice of method” chapter. Below is a list of literature you might find useful in this respect.  

Readings

Books for this course:

Mason, J. (2002). Qualitative researching. London: Sage.

Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2010). The Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Writing Scientific Papers for Students and Researchers. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Recommended book-chapters for this course:

Silverman, D. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. London Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. Chapter 12: Developing data analysis, pp. 171-187.

Barter, C., & Renold, E. (2000). 'I wanna tell you a story': exploring the application of vignettes in qualitative research with children and young people. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 3(4), 307-323.

Cummins, G. (2014). The New Statistics: Why and How. Psychological Science, 25(1), 7-29.

Ponterotto, J. G. (2010). Qualitative Research in Multicultural Psychology: Philosophical Underpinnings, Popular Approaches, and Ethical Considerations. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(4), 581-589

Weekly reading:

23.01

Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2010). Read Chapter 4 and 5

Barter, C., & Renold, E. (2000).

Your choice: Find and read a methodological article or chapter that could help you plan your Masters research.

09.02

Cummins, G. (2014).

Your choice: Find and read a methodological article or chapter that could help you plan your Masters research.

16.02

   Mason, J. (2002). Qualitative researching.

Ponterotto, J. G. (2010).

Silverman, D. (2005). Chapter 12: Developing data analysis, pp. 171-187.

Your choice: Find and read an article that reports a qualitative/quantitative research project. Focus on the way the author uses data and reports on the data analysis.

23.02

 

Forskningsetiske komiteer. (2006). Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities. https://helseforskning.etikkom.no/

Further Relevant Readings

Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics , 6th ed.  Boston :Pearson.

Applied Multiple Regression/correlation analyses for the behavioural science

https://books.google.no/books/about/Applied_Multiple_Regression_Correlation.html?id=fAnSOgbdFXIC&redir_esc=y

Shevlin, M., & Miles, J. Applying Regression and Correlation,

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/applying-regression-and-correlation/book209139

Epidemiological methods in life course research, Pickles, Maughan and Wadsworth

https://books.google.no/books?id=GSvV9-71AfUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=epidemiological+methods+in+life+course+research&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIl-uej9bTyAIVQaIsCh2l4g-7#v=onepage&q=epidemiological%20methods%20in%20life%20course%20research&f=false

Bazeley, P. (2013). Qualitative data analysis: Practical strategies. London: Sage.

Charmaz, K., Wertz, F., Charmez, K., McMullen, L., Josselson, R., Anderson, R., & McSpadden, E. (2011). Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis. London: The Guilford Press.

Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y.S. (2005). The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (3rd Edition).  Thousand Oaks, London and New Delhi: Sage.
 

Forrester, M. A. (2010). Doing qualitative research in psychology: a practical guide. Los Angeles: Sage.

Haavind, H. (2000). Kjønn og fortolkende metode: metodiske muligheter i kvalitativ forskning. Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk.

Hayes, A. F. (2013). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach. New York: Guilford.

Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2011). Interview: introduktion til et håndværk. København: Hans Reitzel.

Marks, D. F., & Yardley, L. (2004). Research methods for clinical and health psychology. London: Sage Publications.

Miles, M. B. and M. Huberman, A. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis. London, Sage Publications.

Potter, J., & Wetherell, M. (1987). Discourse and social psychology. London: Sage Publications.

Ritchie, J. and J. Lewis (2003). Qualitative research practice. London, SAGE.

Strauss, A. and J. Corbin, Eds. (1997). Grounded theory in practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Willig, C. (2001). Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology: Adventures in theory and method. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Additional articles and Chapters

Cotterill, P. (1992). "Interviewing women: Issues of friendship, vulnerability, and power." Women's Studies International Forum, 15(5/6), 593-606.

Cronbach, L. J. (2004). My current thoughts on coefficient alpha and procedures. Educational

and psychological measurement, 64, 391-418.

Finlay, L. (2002). "Outing" the researcher: The provenance, process, and practice of reflexivity. Qualitative Health Research, 12(4), 531-545.

Gough, B., & Madill, A. (2007). Diversity and Subjectivity within Qualitative Psychology. Real Life Methods Working Paper. www.reallifemethods.ac.uk

Hayes, A. F. (2006). A Primer on Multilevel Modeling. Human Communication Research, 32, 385–410.

Hyde, A., Howlett, E., Brady, D., & Drennan, J. (2005). The focus group method: Insights

from focus group interviews on sexual health with adolescents. Social Science and

Medicine, 16(12), 2588-2599. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.040

Kitzinger, C., & Wilkinson, S. (1997). "Validating women's experience? Dilemmas in feminist research." Feminism and Psychology, 7(4), 566-574.

Levine, T. R., & Hullett, C. R. (2002). Eta squared, Partial eta Squared and misreporting of

effect size in communication research. Human Communication Research, 28, 612-625.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2002.tb00828.x

Messick, S. (1995). Validity of psychological assessment. American Psychologist, 50, 741-

749.

Pope, C., & Mays, N. (1995). Reaching the parts other methods cannot reach:  an introduction to qualitative methods in health and health services research. British Medical Journal, 311, 42-45.  

Smith, LT. (1999). Responding to the imperatives of an indigenous agenda: a case study of Maori.  In Decolonizing Methodologies: research and indigenous peoples, pp.163-182.

Stringer, E. (1996). Principles of community-based action research. In Action Research, Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage, 15-38.

Westfall, J., Kenny, D.A., & Judd, C.M. (2014). Statistical power and optimal design in experiments in which samples of participants respond to samples of stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(5), 2020-2045. doi: 10.1037/xge0000014

Wetherell, M., S. Taylor, et al., (Eds.) (2001). Discourse as Data: A guide for analysis. London: Sage Publications.

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