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ORG80060 - Research Methods

(3 units)
Prepares for quantitative and qualitative research. Addresses how to generate research ideas, operationalize variables, formulate research hypotheses, critically review literature and develop a theoretical framework. Covers ethical responsibilities and plagiarism in research. Topics covered include research methods, experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs, survey design and data collection for scholarly research, sampling, reliability and validity, types of scales, scale development and selection, and meta-analysis. Qualitative methods such as ethnography, content analysis, case study, action research and phenomenology are introduced.