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2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5988M Research Design and Analysis

15 creditsClass Size: 250

Module manager: Nicola Bown
Email: N.J.Bown@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Module replaces

LUBS 5395M on MSc Management, MSc Global Innovation Management, MSc Global Supply Chain Management, MSc Information Systems and Information Management

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

The aim of this module is to provide students with an overview of the key issues in research design and in the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
The module will use lectures, discussions, practical exercises and assessments to support students in developing their ability to select appropriate research designs, methods and analytical tools to test competing ideas and theories.
This module offers students the necessary grounding in research methods to undertake academic and practitioner research – a key skill for scientific-practitioners.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to critically assess:
- The stages involved in designing applied research studies and the key decisions that need to be made
- Philosophical arguments, and the strengths and weaknesses relating to quantitative and qualitative methodologies
- Appropriate research designs and methods for developing and testing theory in a range of applied contexts
- Qualitative analytical techniques
- The ethical implications of differing research designs and relate these to professional codes of practice

On completion of this module, students will have developed the skills necessary to:
Subject specific:

- plan and design research studies to explore theory and assumptions
- gather data and information in practice
- analyse qualitative and quantitative data sets

Transferable:
- report research results in a clear and consistent way
- think critically and to contrast competing ideas




Syllabus

Topics:
1. Research Process and Research Philosophy
2. Literature Reviews
3. Case Study Research
4. Interviews: Theory and Practice
5. Ethnography and Observation
6. Analysing and Reporting Qualitative Research
7. Questionnaire Design
8. Research Design and Descriptive Statistics
9. Correlation and Simple Regression
10. T-Tests and ANOVA

Practical tutorials will be included to reinforce learning and to support application in the dissertation project and professional practice. Indicative topics covered include: qualitative analysis; statistics (using SPSS); literature searching; research proposal writing; professional ethics.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture111.5016.50
Practical31.504.50
Seminar81.5012.00
Private study hours117.00
Total Contact hours33.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)150.00

Private study

Due to the nature of topics and analytical techniques covered, each will require further independent study to consolidate in-class learning. This will involve reading research methods and statistics texts to put content into context, reading journal articles to understand how academic researchers put into practice the principles of sound research design, and rehearsal with practical exercises to develop expertise with specific analytical techniques.

Estimated study hours are as follows:
- Pre-lecture/workshop reading: 24 hours
- Post-lecture/workshop reading: 43 hours
- Independent statistical/analytical practice: 15 hours
- Assessment: 35 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Students will receive formative feedback throughout the module, including immediate feedback on analytical performance during the practical sessions.
- Summative assessment will take the form of an assessed piece of written coursework, set early in semester 2, handed-in at the end of semester 2.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay3000 words100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

The resit for this module will be 100% by coursework

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/01/2018

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