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About the Course

Learners discover how apply to research methods to their study of Positive Psychology. In this course, we study with Dr. Angela Duckworth and Dr. Claire Robertson-Kraft. Through an exploration their work "True Grit" and interviews with researchers and practitioners, you develop a research hypothesis and learn how to understand the difference between internal and external validity. You also begin to understand and apply the strengths and weaknesses associated with different types of measurements and evaluation designs. You then interpret the results in an empirical study. Suggested prerequisites: Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman’s Visionary Science and Positive Psychology: Applications and Interventions....

Top reviews

SM

Oct 21, 2022

An extremely well developed course about not such a simple topic ir research methods. The instructors broke the topics down into easy to learn bytes such that an interested learner can complete easily

RW

Dec 27, 2019

Though i have nightmares of research design from my undergraduate career, this puts a neat spin on it and reminds the sheer importance of it. Thanks for the reminder of what is important UPENN!

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By bilibil

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Apr 9, 2020

I've become a great fan of Angela Duckworth's after this course, 10/10

By Brandon D M E

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Nov 3, 2022

Muy buen curso, ayuda mucho al poder realizar alguna investigación.

By Louise J

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Jul 10, 2021

Research theory was challenging at times - LOVED the grit content!

By 小乔

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Feb 1, 2022

It‘s useless for fun; it's indispensable for Psychology research.

By Mateja V B

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Apr 1, 2018

Excellent intro to scientific research... and grit, of course! :)

By Christopher D A

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Mar 25, 2019

Exceptional class! Great material on grit, and research methods.

By Manikanta K

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Oct 28, 2018

One of the best courses to learn the basics of Research Methods

By Sir N J

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Jul 5, 2017

An excellent course - well conceived, constructed and delivered

By Monika K

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Dec 6, 2023

Sehr hilfreich in allen Belangen der Forschung - vielen Dank.

By RITESH G

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Dec 15, 2019

A good and simple way to understand the Research Methodology.

By Marisol P

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Apr 26, 2021

This course was excellent. Excellent refresher on Research!

By Felipe F H

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Jan 14, 2019

Very tough course will measure your grit to complete it!!!

By Cátia S P d M

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Jul 1, 2020

Very good for Grit! And amazing to research methodology!

By Charles S

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Aug 7, 2018

Very helpful for aspiring researchers and psychologists.

By Lien

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Jul 10, 2018

A great crash course on stats applied to social science

By Sharon O

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Aug 11, 2018

Loved this course. I learned so much. Thank you!

By Pauline T K

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Jan 21, 2018

Aprendi mucho, fue un aprendizaje significativo.

By Marcos J

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Feb 21, 2022

Excelente! Gratidão pelo oportunidade Coursera!

By Alipbek A Z

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May 11, 2023

I like this problem because it is interesting

By JADE G N A

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Oct 11, 2023

Aprendí como desarrollar una buena hipótesis

By Kelly G

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Sep 1, 2017

Great course to make research digestible!

By Iona F

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Feb 26, 2018

It was an excellent course beyond words.

By Rashmi S

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Sep 15, 2020

Very good tool to analyze the ourselves

By Allison S

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Dec 18, 2017

Highly recommend this specialization.

By Lim K B J

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Jun 2, 2020

Fantastic course on GRIT, thank you!