Module Identifier | SS19010 | ||
Module Title | RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Jonathan H Doust | ||
Semester | Semester 2 |
On completion of this module,students should be able to...
1. Explain basic approaches to research and differentiate between them
2. Examine an existing investigation and recognize strenghts and weaknesses
3. Methodically plan an investigation using appropriate terminology and principles
4. Demonstrate competence in the use of SPSS to perform basic statistical procedures and to draw appropriate conclusions from the output (specifically: chi-square, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, paired and unpaired T, linear regression, Spearman's and Pearson's correlation)
1. To introduce the framework of key research themes such as: inductive, deductive, empirical, observational, survey-based,
qualitative and quantitative
2. To describe the steps (and iterations) in the research process from/to establishing a question to/from interpreting data
3. To introduce SPSS and develop skills in data entry, statistical analysis and statistical interpretation