MALKA213 Laboratory Exercises — Experimental Analysis of Behavior Course description

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Klageadgang

Bestemmelser om eksamen og fusk i forskrift om studier og eksamen ved OsloMet gjelder for arbeider som inngår i ph.d.-programmets opplæringsdel.

Emnet er for ph.d.-studenter som studerer profesjoner eller tilsvarende yrkesgrupper i sine doktorgradsprosjekter.

Opptakskrav

• Bestått mastergrad (120 studiepoeng) eller tilsvarende utdanning.
• Søkere må fylle ut et nettskjema i forbindelse med søknaden, der de blant annet må inkludere en prosjektbeskrivelse på 100-300 ord. For nærmere informasjon, se emnets nettside.

Ved konkurranse om opptak til emnet, vil kvalifiserte søkere prioriteres i følgende rekkefølge:

1. studenter på doktorgradsprogrammet i profesjonsstudier ved OsloMet
2. studenter på andre doktorgradsprogrammer ved OsloMet
3. doktorgradsstudenter utenfor OsloMet
4. andre søkere med relevant hovedfag eller mastergrad

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student can

• describe the logic and the methodology of experimental designs

Skills

The student can

• demonstrate shaping of different types of behavior in animals by using computer software
• design and conduct experiments, either as single-case research designs or group designs
• write a manuscript in accordance with principles in the current edition of the APA manual, using data from the Experiments
• use the principles for citations and references as given in the current edition of the APA manual
• write a review of a scientific topic and presents results from an experiment in line with relevant ethical standards for writing research papers

Competence

The student can

• ask and argue for relevant research questions
• describe methods of Experiments
• present results from Experiments
• discuss the results achieved in an experiment

The course includes all-day seminars, hands-on exercises and discussion of different papers. Practical exercises are essential to this course and the exercises include the use of the software to conduct an experiment, and to write up the results from the experiment as a scientific paper. Students must have a laptop with the required software installed and means of payment for user license.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• None

Individual written project examination in the form of a scientific article, on a selected topic, with a maximum length of 20 pages, including the title page, references, tables, and figures, but excluding appendices. The article should be written using Times New Roman 12-font with double spaced lines. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

All

Grade scale A-F

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.