PSYC653

The Business of Evaluation: Research Methods at Work

Prerequisite: PSYC652. Additional information: Course builds from work completed in PSYC 652. Students are also expected to commit to a two-term long project. Students will work with a non-profit organization or local business to ask and answer a business question for the organization. Students will conclude this project in PSYC 654. Students will learn about the strengths and weaknesses of commonly employed research methods in business settings, including: longitudinal research, survey and interview (including focus groups) design, and sampling and weighting. Students will design and launch a research study that will answer a pressing business question.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.83 between 178 students*

PSYC653 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580859095% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 12.36%
A: 43.26%
A+: 38.2%
B+: 2.81%
W: 2.81%
other: 0.56%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.