SHN4142 - Research Methods 1

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Locate and critically appraise academic literature.
Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts in research.
Appreciate ethical considerations in research.
Undertake basic qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
Present qualitative and quantitative data in the appropriate manner.

Content:

Literature searching using the appropriate databases and tools; Understanding and evaluating academic articles; An introduction to basic methodological considerations in research; An introduction to quantitative methods; An introduction to qualitative methods; Data collection techniques (quantitative and qualitative); Introduction to quantitative data analysis (descriptive statistics, levels of measurement, basic inferential statistics); Introduction to qualitative data analysis; Ethical considerations in research; Writing reports; Presentation of data following academic conventions

Learning and Teaching Information:

1-hour lecture and 2-hour workshop each week over one semester

Lecture
Hours: 10
Intended Group size: >200

Seminars
Hours: 20
Intended Group size: <30

Guided Independent study
Hours: 170
Further details relating to assessment
Assessment 1 – Directed activities: these consist of weekly tasks that must be completed and submitted for inspection at timetabled sessions each week. The assessment will be assessed on a pass/fail basis with a pass requiring at least 75% of all weekly tasks to be completed successfully. A pass will lead to the full award of 10% towards the final module mark. A fail in directed activities will contribute 0% to the final mark.

Assessment:

001 Directed Activities semester 2 10%
002 Portfolio 4000 word equiv end of semester 2 90%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Mrs Rachel McDonald
Level - 4
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2

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