REM701 - Research Methods and Statistical Analysis

Subject Title
Research Methods and Statistical Analysis

Subject Description
This course is intended to help students become familiar with the research process. Students will come to understand the many decisions they will have to make to develop a research project based on a question of their design. To this end this course will provide students with a practical understanding of the research methodologies relevant to the field.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
 
1. Compare and contrast each of the forms of applied research and evaluate their
relevance to the field. (Cognitive/Analysis)
2. Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative research methods and identify and
select methods that are relevant to a specific research question. (Cognitive/Analysis)
3. Plan, organize and prepare a formal proposal for an applied research paper which
includes a clear research question/statement/hypothesis. (Cognitive/Synthesis)
4. Apply appropriate statistical research methods and defend their relevance to applied
research methodology. (Cognitive/Evaluation)
5. Compare and contrast the various types of qualitative methods of data collection such as
interviews, surveys, and questionnaires and distinguish the most relevant form to use in
a given situation and recognize the limitations of a research project in terms of data
collection, accuracy of interpretation, and relevance to the field. (Cognitive/Evaluation)
6. Deconstruct predetermined biases and assumptions in research and discuss the danger
of personal and professional biases and assumptions and the impact they may have on
research. (Cognitive/Evaluation)

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