MET501B Research Designs and Methodological Choices: Research Proposal

• Topics

  Topics

  The purpose of the course is apply learnings from MET501A on the candidate¿s own research project. Hence, students should develop skills needed to formulate research questions, develop a design for answering those questions, and implement and evaluate the research effort.

  A basic understanding of statistics (e.g. correlation, regression, analysis of variance) is assumed. To those not familiar with basic statistics there will be offered a tutorial before the course.

• Learning outcome

  Learning outcome

  MET501B is a follow-up of MET501A and has some of the same learning outcomes. However, MET501B is more about applying knowledge learned in MET501A. Hence, development of skills is the key.

  Knowledge:

  *Apply knowledge learned in MET501A and relate to his/her academic field and masters the field´s philosophy of science and methods

  *Master and contribute to the development of new knowledge, new theories, and methods.

  Skills:

  * Formulate problems, plan and carry out research

  * Critically assess and choose measurement of construct

  * Perform analysis of the quality of measurement

  * Apply relevant methods and processes in research and scholarly development projects

  General competence:

  *Carry out his/her research with scholarly integrity

  *Present and discuss his/her own work with an evaluation committee (course responsible and supervisor).

• Teaching

  Teaching

  The course contains several seminars addressing central topics relevant for writing a paper or dissertation (3-4 seminars). The candidate will also have to present the research proposal in class.

  Students have to write a research proposal and present and discuss this proposal.

• Required prerequisites

  Required prerequisites

  MET501-A.

• Assessment

  Assessment

  Written research proposal. Presentation of written research proposal.

• Grading Scale

  Grading Scale

  Pass/Fail

• Computer tools

  Computer tools

  No special

• Semester

  Semester

  Autumn.

• Literature

  Literature

  Selected articles. The program with complete list of readings will be available in due time prior to the seminar.