COGS department

COGS 14A. Introduction to Research Methods (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/COGS.html#cogs14a

Description

Introduction to the scientific method. Methods of knowledge acquisition, research questions, hypotheses, operational definitions, variables, control. Observation, levels of measurement, reliability, validity. Experimentation and design: between-groups, within-subjects, quasi-experimental, factorial, single-subject. Correlational and observational studies. Ethics in research.

Prerequisite courses

COGS 14A has no prerequisite courses.

Successor courses

COGS 14A is a prerequisite of the following 16 courses:

• COGS 14B
• COGS 101C
• COGS 142
• COGS 144
• COGS 150
• PSYC 71
• PSYC 81
• PSYC 113
• PSYC 114
• PSYC 117
• PSYC 118
• PSYC 120
• PSYC 121
• PSYC 140
• PSYC 175
• PSYC 193L