Social Research Methods - SPY00012I

Department: Social Policy and Social Work

Credit value: 30 credits

Credit level: I

Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Autumn Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23

To understand the principles of social research and related philosophical debates,
To appreciate the range of methods used for social research,
To acquire skills in the use of both quantitative and qualitative techniques of research,
To judge what methods and techniques are appropriate to particular research problems, and
To develop their critical abilities to appraise published research findings.

To understand the basic principles of social research
To appreciate the scope and range of qualitative methods and quantitative survey strategies
To gain an understanding of the use and relevance of social research for social policy
To be aware of the ethics and politics of carrying out social research
To develop quantitative and qualitative research skills
To gain some hands on experience of qualitative methods
To acquire some skills in quantitative data analysis
To use a standard statistical software package (SPSS)
To acquire some skills in qualitative data analysis
To manage a simple, clean, medium-sized dataset and write up results clearly

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