Research Skills for Professional Practice 1

BMAN71961 Research Skills for Professional Practice 1 15 Semester 1 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Ioannis Kratsiotis Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 • Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies • Qualitative methods including semi-structured interviews, case studies and ethnography • Qualitative analysis including content analysis, thematic analysis and grounded theory • Introduction to the fundamentals of business analytics, including, correlation, effect sizes, power, and hypothesis testing • Research design including sampling; panel, cohort, cross-sectional, multi-group and multilevel designs; question types and response formats • Survey design methods including reliability and validity • Factor Analysis and basic statistical techniques • Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies • Qualitative methods including semi-structured interviews, case studies and ethnography • Qualitative analysis including content analysis, thematic analysis and grounded theory • Introduction to the fundamentals of business analytics, including, correlation, effect sizes, power, and hypothesis testing • Research design including sampling; panel, cohort, cross-sectional, multi-group and multilevel designs; question types and response formats • Survey design methods including reliability and validity • Factor Analysis and basic statistical techniques • To introduce students to quantitative and qualitative research methods • To provide a grounding in qualitative methods and analysis • To provide a grounding in survey methods and survey research design • To provide a grounding in Factor Analysis and basic statistical techniques for analysing correlation and group difference • Understand how to design qualitative and quantitative research studies • Design qualitative research methods such as interviews and focus groups. • Understand how to conduct qualitative analyses • Design a survey. • Conduct fundamental analytical techniques, including, correlation, t-tests and ANOVA • Specify, conduct, and interpret exploratory factor analytic models 0 Other 100% Report (50%)Statistical Analysis Report (50%) • Informal advice and discussion during a lecture, seminar, workshop or lab. • Online exercises and quizzes delivered through the Blackboard course space. • Written and/or verbal comments on assessed or non-assessed coursework. • Written and/or verbal comments after students have given a group or individual presentation. • Generic feedback posted on Blackboard regarding overall examination performance. BMAN71961 Programme Req: BMAN71961 is only available as a core unit to students on MSc Business Psychology and MSc Organisational Psychology MSc Business Psychology MSc Business Psychology PGDT Taught Component Mandatory N Dancy, C. P. & Reidy, J. (2011). Statistics without maths for psychology. Harlow, Pearson. Smith, Andy (2005) Discovering Statistics using SPSS for Windows, Sage Publications. Bryman, A. & Bell, E. (2007). Business research methods. Oxford: OU Press. Lectures 30 0 120 Informal Contact Method Office Hours Email