Research Methods

• Credit value: 0 credits at Level 7
• Convenor: Professor Karen Wells
  
• Assessment: this module is not assessed

The objective of this module is to equip you with the skills required to successfully conduct research and write a dissertation. We will model the process involved in designing and conducting a research project for a dissertation and the course will cover all aspects of the research process: identifying a research topic, doing a literature review, choosing a methodology, data-gathering, data analysis and writing-up.

Indicative MODULE  CONTENT

• Doing a literature review
• Choosing a quantitative method: surveys, statistical data-sets
• Choosing a qualitative method: interviews, ethnography, focus groups, and visual data
• Clarifying the research question and writing a research proposal
• Writing an ethics proposal
• Analysing quantitative and qualitative data
• Analysing visual data
• Writing up

After completing this module, you will:

• have the skills to write a comprehensive critical literature review and understand the links between research questions and research methods
• understand how to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data.