Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
- Undertake critical reading and critical writing.
- Evaluate critically the academic literature on a specific topic.
- Write a literature review paper similar to the standard required for an international academic journal.
- Understand the key principles of good research design.
- Be able to identify the appropriate design approach for a social science project.
- Understand a number of key research methods, including: Qualitative interviews and other qualitative designs; Surveys; Experiments; Secondary data analysis.
- Be able to produce basic descriptive and inferential statistics.
- Be able to use one research method to produce a small-scale research project.
Indicative Module Content:
- (Systematic) Literature review techniques
- Critical analysis of academic writing
- Introduction to Research Philosophies
- Introduction to Qualitative Research
- Introduction to Survey Design
- Introduction to Experiments
- Introduction to Secondary Data Analysis
- Introduction to Data Analysis