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Research Methods - COM00146M

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  • Department: Computer Science
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Tina Baker
  • Credit value: 15 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24

Related modules

Pre-requisite modules

Co-requisite modules

  • None

Prohibited combinations

  • None

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Online Teaching Period 2 2023-24
B Online Teaching Period 6 2023-24

Module aims

The module aims to provide the student with a range of possible approaches to research and types of individual research project that they may undertake. Students will have the opportunity to formulate research questions appropriate to an area of interest and within the area of computer science, to evaluate the relationship between question, methodology and method.

Module learning outcomes

Be able to:

  1. Formulate potential research questions appropriate to an area of interest and within the area of computer science, 

  2. Outline methods of conducting and analysing quantitative and qualitative research,

  3. Critically evaluate different methods of investigating an area of research interest and consider the nature of the relationship between research question, methodology and method,

  4. Critically assess the key characteristics of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Module content

  1. Introduction to research methods in computer science

  2. Research framework, research problems and literature reviews

  3. Quantitative research methods

  4. Quantitative data collection and analysis

  5. Qualitative research methods

  6. Qualitative data collection and analysis

  7. Writing up and present research

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Report		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Report		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Feedback will be given in line with University policy.

Indicative reading

Research Design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. By John W. Creswell, Fourth Edition. SAGE Publication, 2014

 

The Craft of Research, By Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb,  Joseph M. Williams , Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, Third Edition, The University of Chicago Press, 2008.


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