MAPD5000 Technology and Design Emneplan

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

Knowledge

The student can

• describe and discuss reliability
• describe and discuss the term generality
• describe and discuss validity, threats to inference, and different types of validity
• explain the role of replications in experiments
• discuss variability related to single subject designs and group-designs
• describe and discuss advantages and disadvantages of various experimental designs
• explain repeated measurements and when to conduct such measurements
• describe fundamental elements of inferential statistics, including hypothesis testing
• describe and discuss experimental methods for conducting reinforcer assessment and the functional analysis of behavior
• describe the basic principles for hypothesis testing using the binominal and normal distributions
• describe central concepts of network theory and the contribution of social network analysis to the study of behavior

Skills

The student can

• design simple experiments
• run and interpret common statistical tests
• interpret graphical displays of behavioral data and to present data in graphical form
• discuss ethical considerations in functional and statistical analyses

Competence

The student can

• analyze data in a behavior change project

None

Individual school examination (multiple choice-test), 3 hours. Exam questions are in English.

Authorized materials: Norwegian-English dictionary

The exam is automatically graded. An examiner will quality assess the automatic grading. An external examiner is regularly involved in the development of the exam questions, at a minimum of every third examination.

The evaluation is based on two parts, each contributing 50 % of the final grade:

1) Written assignment produced individually or in groups (maximum 3 students per group), The text should include description of the designed product/service and discuss ethical views about design of the chosen technology

2) Group work presentations of self-initiated work based on the curriculum

Both examination 1. and 2. must be passed in the same study year in order to pass the course

Part 1) The exam result can be appealed.

Part 2) The exam result cannot be appealed.

No restrictions.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regurlarly.