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Department of psychology 06-1119 An experimental might: Places of Employment Training: Additional Resources Quantitative are well-trained in • Academic settings Websites • Study the behavioral and cognitive processes , , and computer program- • University and private research centers • www.apa.org of human beings, as well as animals. ming and technology. There are two approaches to • Business, nonprofit, and governmental • www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/ this field in which training differs. Theoretical • Research psychological areas such as motiva- organizations quantitative.html quantitative psychology involves developing statis- tion, thinking, attention, learning, sensation, • Market research firms tical methods and conducting research to analyze effects of substance use and abuse, and genetic • Grant review committees Books those methods. Applied quantitative psychologists and neurological factors in behavior. • Engineering and consulting firms (Available through the Department of essentially function as data analysis experts. • Apply research design, the empirical method, • Federal government departments Psychology or Career Center for Vocation and usually includes and the manipulation of variables within the Development.) the study of , , laboratory as a way of understanding certain , the experimental analysis • Kuther, T.L., & Morgan, R.D. (2004). “Psychologists with extensive psychological phenomena and advancing sci- Education and Training of behavior, and some aspects of physiological Careers in psychology: Opportunities entific knowledge. training in quantitative Education: psychology. In-depth research and application in a in a changing world. Belmont, CA: research methods and A research-oriented doctoral degree is usually laboratory setting are imperative to training Thomson/Wadsworth. needed for advancement and mobility in experimental psychologists. • Sternberg, R.J. (1997). Career paths in computer science may A quantitative psychologist might: experimental psychology. A master’s degree may psychology: Where your degree can • Create research strategies to assess the effec- qualify an individual to work as a psychological Recommended Programs and Courses take you. Washington, D.C.: APA. have a competitive edge or research assistant, or to work under the tiveness of certain psychological treatments, Majors • Super, C.M., & Super D.E. (1994). supervision of a licensed psychologist. Course Opportunities in psychology careers. over applicants without this social and educational programs, and intelli- • B.A. in Psychology gence or personality tests, as well as devise work includes research design and methodology, VGM Career Horizons. background. … Companies statistical analysis, and quantitative methods, as • B.S. in Psychology new ones. • B.S. in Biopsychology well as broad-based exposure to the major con- Journals will use psychologists’ • Apply advanced quantitative and statistical tent areas in psychology. Minors • Journal of Experimental Psychology methods to empirical research and analyze It is not necessary to have a Ph.D. to work • Statistics • Journal of Methodology and Experimental expertise in survey design, real data. effectively in applied quantitative psychology. • Mathematics Psychology analysis, and research to • Work to develop new statistical methods and Having a master’s degree affords many excellent • Computer Science • Applied Psychological Measurement conduct research to compare the biases, opportunities for employment, although having a • Courses provide marketing evaluation strengths, or weaknesses of several different Ph.D. allows one to work with greater independ- • Psychological Methods • Introduction to Social Research and statistical analysis.” statistical or quantitative methods. ence as an applied quantitative psychologist. In the area of theoretical quantitative • (U.S. Department of Labor, 2004–2005) psychology, a Ph.D. is required as well as an • Experimental Psychology extensive background in , differential • Counseling Techniques equations, and linear algebra. • Statistical Methods in Psychology • Psychological Testing • Life Span Development