RM100 Introduction to Research Methods (Unit run by College of Science and Technology)
This unit provides students from a wide diversity of social science backgrounds with an appreciation of the ways in which social science research is undertaken. No mathematical experience is presumed and no prior research exposure is expected. The unit is not a statistics unit per se. Indeed, some statistical language will be introduced and the logic of statistical testing will be one way of looking at data analysis. High levels of mathematical ability are not required.
RM150 Introduction to Statistical Methods
RM150 - This unit will complement RM100 by focussing on the statistical thinking and methodologies associated with collecting and managing data and transforming data into information. The unit provides an introduction to the iterative nature of investigation and the selection and use of various statistical methodologies and designs towards inference (estimation and hypothesis testing).
RM202 Research and Qualitative Methods
Qualitative methodologies, particularly observation and unstructured interviews, allow researchers to develop deep rather than broad knowledge about a particular phenomenon. This unit looks at how we formulate research questions, conduct research and make sense of qualitative data.
