Research Methods, Psychometrics, and Data Analysis for Organizational Psychology

Introduksjon

Please note that this is a preliminary course description. The final version will be published in June 2026.

The purpose of this course is threefold. First, to provide students with knowledge and skills that enable them to conduct high quality research in their thesis projects. Second, to guide students towards becoming critical readers and users of organizational psychology research. Third, in their future professional careers to design and carry out applied research projects for organizations. The course has an applied focus, where students are initially given a general introduction to research methodology covering issues in both quantitative and qualitative methodology, research ethics, and learn to search and critically examine sources for scientific knowledge. The course includes an applied introduction to the most important statistical techniques for leadership and organizational psychology students. Students are given hands-on experience by working with data, using descriptive statistics to motivate models, and using models to turn data into actionable knowledge. 

Kursets innhold

1. Introduction to OB research and data analysis
2. Research questions and designs 
3. Literature search (seminar)
4. Internal and external validity
5. Regression and logistic regression
6. Mediation and moderation
7. Reliability, construct validity and factor analysis
8. Measurement equivalence, path models and model evaluation
9. Longitudinal and multi-level analyses
10. Qualitative research designs
11. Semi structured interviews
12. Qualitative analysis
13. Case study
14. Research ethics
15. Exam prep lecture