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Academic Year: | 2013/4 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences |
Credits: | 6 |
Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
Period: |
Semester 1 |
Assessment: | CW 100% |
Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
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Description: | Aims: To support students, within an active research community, in identifying and investigating their own original research questions on a modest scale. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit, the students should be able to: Knowledge and Understanding * understand the basic principles of research design and appreciate alternative approaches to research; * understand the significance of alternative epistemological positions that provide the context for theory construction, research design and the selection of appropriate analytical techniques Intellectual skills * define researchable problems and formulate questions and hypotheses; * understand the relationships between, and the rationale for, particular qualitative and quantitative research methods and be able to select appropriate strategies for research and/or evaluation; * understand and apply concepts relevant to the integrity and rigour of research such as generalisability, validity, reliability and replicability, transparency ; Professional practice skills * develop, apply, test and hone on a modest scale the professional practice skills taught in the research methods units of the programme, depending on the particular nature of their Research Apprenticeship * understand issues posed by social research in relation to ethics, confidentiality and legality; * have a good command of language skills where appropriate. Transferable/Key skills * develop, apply, test and hone on a modest scale some of the transferable/key skills taught in the research methods units of the programme, depending on the particular nature of their Research Apprenticeship Project. Skills: See above. Content: Any area of social science research for which an adequate level of supervision can be offered. The nature of the Short Research Apprenticeship Project is that students 'learn-by-doing', and so they will be expected to demonstrate their ability to define a viable research question, and design an appropriate and coherent methodology to answer the research question. Students will be required to produce a report that conforms to acceptable standards of presentation. |
Programme availability: |
XX50133 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Economics
XX50133 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Economics
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