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FullTitle ResearchMethods

ShortTitle ResearchMethods

Code QUSU07005 Level 07 Credit 05

Author McGagh,Sean Department CivilEng.andConstruction

SubjectArea QuantitySurveying Attendence 75% Fee

Description

Thismoduleintroducesstudentstotheresearchprocess,methodologiesandmethodsandthepreparationofadissertation
proposal.Themodulesupportstheproductionofadissertationinfurtherstages/studies.

IndicativeSyllabus

Scientificstudy,criticalinvestigation

Selectingatopic,narrow,framingaresearchquestion,aims,objectives.

Academicwritingstyle,layout,presentationandformat

LiteraturereviewRationale,sources,critiquinganarticle,plagiarism/Harvardreferencing

Methodologytheorieticalframeworks,methodologyselection,ethics,analysis,validity,reliability.

Proposalpreparingaproposal,workingtitle,aim,objectives,researchquestion(s),methodology,referencesandplan.

Datacollectionmethodsandmanipulationquestionnaires,interviews,documentanalysis,populations,sampling,statistical

methods,analysisandinterpretation,presentationoffindings.

StructureAbstract,introduction,literature,methodology,analysis,conclusionandbibliograply

LearningOutcomes

Oncompletionofthismodulethelearnerwill/shouldbeableto

1.Provideanoverviewoftheresearchprocessandtheskillsoftheresearcher

2.Undertakeapreliminaryliteraturesearch

3.Distinguishquantitativeandqualitativeapproachesandmethodsanddiscussissuesofreliabilityandvalidityinresearchdesign
4.Framearesearch/dissertationproposal

5.Selectappropriatemethodsfordatacollectionandanalysis

AssessmentStrategies

ContinuotusAssessment

ModuleDependencies

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PreRequisiteModules

None

CoRequisiteModules

None

IncompatibleModules

None

CourseworkAssessmentBreakdown %

CourseWork/ContinuousAssessment 100%

CourseworkAssessmentBreakdown

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Total

ContinuousAssessment 1,2,3,4,5 100 OnGoing

EndExamAssessmentBreakdown

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OpenLearningModeWorkload

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DistanceLearningModeWorkload

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PartTimeModeWorkload

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ACCSModeWorkload

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FullTimeModeWorkload

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Lecture LectureTheatre ResearchMethods 2 Weekly 2.00

IndependentLearning NotSpecified ResearchMethods 5 Weekly 5.00

TotalAverageWeeklyLearnerWorkload2.00Hours

OnlineLearningModeWorkload

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Type Location Description Hours Frequency
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OnlineLecture NotSpecified ResearchMethods 1 Weekly 1.00

DirectedLearning NotSpecified ResearchMethods 1 Weekly 1.00

IndependentLearning NotSpecified ResearchMethods 5 Weekly 5.00

TotalAverageWeeklyLearnerWorkload2.00Hours

Resources

BookResources

Naoum,S.G.(2012)3rded.DissertationResearchandWritingforConstructionStudents,ButterworthHeinemann

Fellows,RichardandLiu(2008)3rded.ResearchMethodsforConstruction,BlackwellScience

Bell,J(2010)5thed.DoingYourResearchProjectAGuideforFirstTimeResearchersinEducation,HealthandSocial
Science,Buckingham,OpenUniversityPress

Robson,C.(2011),3rded.RealWorldResearch,Oxford,BlackwellPublishing

Swetnam,D.(2000)3rd.ed.Writingyourdissertation:howtoplan,prepareandpresentsuccessfulwork,Oxford,HowTo
Books

OtherResources

QuantitySurveyingDissertationHandbook(updatedannually)

UrlResources

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