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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment Summary:
| CW 50%, OT 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: | |
| Description:
| Aims: This unit is designed to enable students to build on and to develop the skills necessary to conduct a small scale research study in the sports performance context. The unit aims to consider basic designs, approaches and conduct of research in applied contexts. Content will be contextualised to different pathways where appropriate. Thus, it will: * provide an overview of quantitative and qualitative approaches together with appropriate designs and methodologies;. * enable students to research, analyse and evaluate information in a range of contexts; * discuss methodological and ethical issues, and prepare students to be able to plan and organise a small-scale research project in the workplace. Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit students will be able to: * critically appraise the quality and limitations of currently available evidence and identify need for further research; * understand the process of designing a research project, including practical, methodological and ethical considerations; * understand methods of small-scale enquiry; * understand qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, including interview-based, observational and survey approaches; * understand and be able to use quantitative data analysis methods including the use of some inferential statistics; * understand and able to use qualitative data analysis. Skills: Intellectual (facilitated, taught and assessed) - engage in critical analysis of wide range of sources; synthesise information from a number of sources to gain a coherent understanding of research, policy and practice; reflect on appropriateness of theory, practice and outcomes; critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data, to make judgements, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution or identify a range of solutions to a problem Professional (facilitated, taught and assessed) - exercise appropriate judgement in planning, designing and implementing research in the workplace; understand the application of relevant research findings in the workplace Practical (facilitated and assessed) - conduct research in accordance with professional ethics and practice, and consonant with systems and procedures in the workplace Key Skills (facilitated - assessed through other units) - this unit will support students in the demonstration of competence in professional and practical skills to be used in the workplace. Content: * the nature of research including the fundamentals of scientific method * consideration and critique of types of quantitative and qualitative research. * how to conduct a literature review, both as a research project in itself, and to inform a new research project; * consideration and development of different tools for quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis e.g. questionnaires and interviews, together with appropriate ways to ensure quality; * reporting and presentation of findings in a structured and coherent way; * planning a research project: formulating a question, developing a hypothesis, selecting a suitable and realistic method, ethical issues, sampling, data collection, measurement, and reporting and discussing results. |
| Programme availability: |
HL30392 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department for Health
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