Sneak Peek
Learn to Research
Research is a skill used in education, academia, science and business. Research can be quantitative or qualitative (or both); but to be valid it should follow certain well established conventions. If you want your research to have credible and useful outcomes, you need to understand how to plan and execute a research project properly. This course helps you to do that by raising your awareness and improving your research skills. It is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of “how to conduct research”:
- A foundation for anyone who needs to build a basic understanding of research methods and conventions.
- A refresher course for anyone who has not engaged in research for some time.
- A learning experience for students, academics, and others.
- A gap filler for graduates who missed formally studying research previously.
What's Covered In This Course?
LESSON 1 WHY WE DO RESEARCH
What is Research?
Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed methods research
Reliability and validity in research
Using Case Studies
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 2 DESIGNING RESEARCH – RATIONALE, AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESIS
What Is a Rationale?
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LESSON 3 DESIGNING RESEARCH - CONDUCTING LITERATURE REVIEWS
Importance of Literature Reviews
Conducting a Literature Review
Bias in Literature Reviews
Writing a Literature Review
Different Types of Literature Review
Lesson 3 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 4 DESIGNING RESEARCH - DATA COLLECTION
Primary And Secondary Data
Simulation Experiments
Selecting Participants
Types of Samples
Why do we need samples?
Experimental Designs
Independent measures
Repeated measures
Matched Pairs Design
Ethics Committees
Psychology
Horticulture and Agriculture
Scientific Responsibility
Animal Research
Action Research Vs Design-Based Research
Data Collection
Ontology, Epistemology, Axiology, Research Paradigm
Qualitative Research Methods
Mixed Methods Design
Lesson 4 additional reading
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LESSON 5 DATA ANALYSIS
Using Statistics – Why Are Statistics Important?
Continuous and discrete data
Variance
Advanced Statistics
ANOVA
Lesson 5 additional reading
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LESSON 6 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Describing Your Findings
Access To Information
Lesson 6 additional reading
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LESSON 7 LEGAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH
Intellectual Property
Legal Issues
Lesson 7 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
Final Assessment