2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

SLSP5102M Research Strategy and Design

30 creditsClass Size: 33

Module manager: Nick Emmel
Email: N.D.Emmel@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module focuses on the planning and designing of research, and aims to demonstrate how to turn social research issues and questions into workable and appropriate research designs. The intention is to encourage students to think and act strategically in social research, and to help them to gain the skills needed to do this.

The module will help students in the difficult task of linking what are often seen as abstract theoretical and methodological perspectives with practical research strategies.

Syllabus

The module provides a step by step approach to research design through weekly workshops which concentrate on key issues and questions which researchers need to recognise, confront and resolve in the design of social research.

Issues and questions to be covered include:
- Introduction to research design and research strategy
- Linking methodological perspectives and practical strategies
- Generating research problems and questions
- Principles of sampling and selection in research design
- Choosing appropriate methods for generating and collecting data
- Principles of data analysis
- Ethics, politics and practicalities of research design
- Writing research proposals, applying for funding
- Research project management, working in teams
- Dissemination, relationships with wider audiences, uses of social research.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	11	2.00	22.00
Private study hours			278.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Participation in seminars

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	EITHER: 1 x 6,000 word maximum individual research design project OR: 1 x joint research design project of 5,000 words maximum, plus an individually written report of 2,000 words maximum	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 19/04/2017

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