HPS742 - Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Jarrad Lum |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H650 Graduate Diploma of Psychology and H664 Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Pre-Practice) |
| Previously: | Research Methods in Psychology C |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour seminar (campus) per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 2 hour seminar (online) per week |
Content
This unit aims to provide students with the necessary skills required to both write and critically evaluate systematic reviews and meta-analysis. The coursework covers how to prepare a review protocol, developing and executing a review methodology, undertaking an assessment of bias as well as synthesising data using meta-analysis. The unit also covers advanced meta-analysis topics including how to assess for publication bias and undertake moderator analysis.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Read and critically evaluate systematic reviews and meta-analyses. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Undertake their own systematic reviews/meta-analyses and present their findings in a report as well as use electronic databases at an advanced level. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Compare, contrast and critique meta-analysis methods for averaging effect sizes and evaluating publication bias. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Integrate information from multiple sources (i.e. evidence table, results of meta-analysis, assessment of bias, assessment) to accurately evaluate a body of literature. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis Protocol | 700 words | 25% |
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| Assessment 2: Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis Report | 1000 words (note: word count excludes tables and figures) | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Online scheduled examination | 2 hours (Multiple-choice) | 35% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HPS742 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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