Description
In this course, students will gain understanding, skills and competence in research planning, statistics, qualitative methodology and the art of reading and writing technical texts. Topics in quantitative section include: Logical components of research projects; sampling and sampling design; and interpretation of statistics in technical/scientific texts. Topics in qualitative section include: Designing a qualitative research; data collection in qualitative research; data processing and interpretation. A special emphasis will be put on how to mix up qualitative and quantitative methods, and how to write technical and non-technical texts for their own projects (thesis, proposals, manuscripts etc.).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will:
- have gained understanding of various quantitative and qualitative research methods and the importance of research planning
- have gained ability to assess logical components of research methods for a case study/research project
- be able to design their own sampling strategy and organize their data
- be able to mix up qualitative and quantitative methods and apply to interdisciplinary research
- be able to read technical and non-technical texts
- be able to write technical and non-technical texts for their own projects (thesis, proposals, manuscripts etc.)
