BED Honours PHE 408 Lectures 2008

Semester 2

31 July: Introduction to fundamentals of research

What is research?
Non-scientific research
Scientific research
Goals and objectives of social research
Ethical aspects in research
Research methodologies
14 August: Research Methodologies
Quantitative Research
Defining quantitative research
Survey designs
Experimental methods
Qualitative Research
Assumptions in qualitative research
Characteristics of qualitative research
Qualitative research designs
Biography
The phenomenological study
The grounded theory study
The ethnographic study
The case study
28 August: Qualitative Research designs continued
Validity and Reliability in qualitative research
HAND IN FIRST ASSIGNMENT
11 September: The research process
i. Selecting a research topic
ii. Formulating a research problem
iii. Formulating objectives or aims

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 iv. Formulating hypotheses
v. Planning and drafting a research plan
vi. Executing and controlling the research plan
vii. Presenting the research results

The research proposal

Choice of topic
Formulation of the problem
Objectives/aims
Literature study
GROUP TASKS: Formulating a proposal

25 September: Methods for data collection

Secondary data
Internet
In quantitative research
In qualitative research
Sampling techniques
Different kinds of sampling
HAND IN SECOND ASSIGNMENT
16 October: Group presentations
Using referencing techniques
Discussing concerns
11 November:PHE 408 EXAM 14:00-17:00