2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5397M Advanced Behavioural Research Design and Analysis

15 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Peikai Li
Email: P.Li3@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Module replaces

LUBS 5389M Research Design and Analysis

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

The module aims to equip students with a thorough understanding of advanced research designs, methods and analytical techniques so they can research behaviour in organisations.

The module aims to use lectures, interactive discussions, practical exercises and assessments to support students in enhancing their ability to select and use appropriate research designs, methods and analytical tools.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Formulate different research questions
- Critically assess the efficacy of various research approaches for investigating differing research problems.
- Appropriately and accurately apply various advanced analytical techniques to answer different research questions.
- Accurately interpret the results from applying different analytical techniques.
- Report research results clearly and consistently.
- Better read and understand results sections in academic papers, which will help with cross-module learning.

Skills outcomes
The module will develop student’s:

- Analytical skills
- Ability to follow processes
- Logical thinking skills
- Ability to apply abstract statistical concepts and logical reasoning to help understand and address real-world problems.
- Ability to observe patterns in data
- Data presentation skills

Syllabus

Indicative content includes techniques which examine differences between groups on organisational behaviour phenomena, and others which explore relationships between different organisational behaviour phenomena, as well as consideration of research design.

Practical tutorials in analysis and other research techniques will be integrated with the theoretical teaching to reinforce learning and to support application in the Dissertation project. The module contributes to stage 1 of the QOccPsych.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	2	1.00	2.00
Lecture	8	2.00	16.00
Seminar	8	1.50	12.00
Private study hours			120.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

This could include activities such as reading, watching videos, lab-based SPSS practice and assignment preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Progress issues will be addressed informally during contact hours. Students can check their understanding of content by completing regular check-your-learning questions and by learning from the answers provided. Students can get feedback by engaging in the Discussion forum on Minerva and by asking questions in class. Students are welcome to meet with the module leader during office hours to gain feedback and discuss queries. Students can check their ability to correctly complete SPSS practical exercises as answers are shown within the sessions and answer sheets are released afterwards as well. The summative assignment will cover a new example of some of these SPSS exercises.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The resit for this module will be 100% by 3,000 word coursework.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 22/10/2024

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