SOC30001 - Advanced Social Research (2016)

Not currently available in 2016

Builds upon knowledge gained in SOC20001 Doing Social Research. Introduces the main worldviews underpinning different types of social research and identifies their characteristic views of social reality. Explores the political and ethical issues related to social research and the implications for research design. A range of methods is introduced some of which students will practice using in a piece of authentic research.

1. Theories and paradigms in social research
2. Designing a piece of research related to staff research activities
3. Quantitative methods
4. Quantitative variables and their measurement
5. Politics and ethics in social research
6. Qualitative methods
7. Evaluation research; Multi methods
8. Qualitative analysis
9. Quantitative analysis: from questionnaire to data management
10. Univariate analysis & presentation of results
11. Topics 9 & 10 continued
12. Presentations

Learning outcomes

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