ED553V: ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE & QUALITATIVE DATA RESEARCH (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:27

Course Overview

The course provides students with an opportunity to develop a specific understanding of issues in the design and implementation of research, and the analysis and interpretation of research, within a social/educational context. A variety of methodological orientations are studied: mixed methods analysis; narrative enquiry; phenomenology, advanced quantitative research design and multivariate analysis. It aims to provide the knowledge, skills and understanding required for the dissertation stage of the programme

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Session	Second Sub Session	Credit Points	30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Peter Mtika Dr Dean Robson

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The course will enable students to, among others, demonstrate a critical understanding of the ways in which major qualitative and quantitative data gathering methods are used in social/educational research; including an understanding of the strengths and limitations of a range of data gathering methods used in social/educational research; develop critical awareness of current issues in the selection, use, and about the validity and reliability of different methods of data collection; and demonstrate originality and creativity in selecting and confidently using methods of data collection for their personal research project.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback		Word Count	6000

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.