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2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5966M Research Design and Analysis for Management

15 creditsClass Size: 200

Module manager: Hilary Kane
Email: h.c.m.kane@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Jan to 31 Mar View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

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, including the Masters dissertation.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to critically evaluate:

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 and quantitative analytical techniques
- The ethical implications of differing research designs and relate these to professional codes of practice

Skills outcomes
Research skills


Syllabus

Indicative Content:

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

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Workshop32.006.00
Lecture51.005.00
Lecture51.507.50
Practical22.004.00
Private study hours127.50
Total Contact hours22.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)150.00

Private study

Reading: 80 hours
Assessment prep: 47.5 hours

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Each block day will include a non-assessed pop quiz (via Kahoot or such like). These are usually 15-20 MQC in class quizzes with the opportunity to retry for revision purposes.
FAQs will be posted on Minerva, and all students will have access to the answers.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Research Proposal3,000 words100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Resit is by 3,000 word report for 100% of the module mark

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/01/2020

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