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2013-2014

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Week #
Notes
Activities
Portfolio
1

Introduction to Course

The Scientific Method

 

(Extract from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)

 

Week 1 Exercise

2012 Sem 1

2012 Sem 2

Assignment 1

Due 12th March 2014

Counts for 30% of module.

 

 

2

The Literature Review

Week 2 Exercise

Use this Checksheet to review either this Article or this one.

 

 

Assignment 1

Due 12th March 2014

Counts for 30% of module.

 
3

Research Methods

What Does Your Experiment Look Like: A Suggestion

 

Week 3 Exercise

(Sample Experiment)

Assignment 1

Due 12th March 2014

Counts for 30% of module.

4

 

Interviews

Week 4 Exercise

(More on Interviews)

(More on Coding)

Assignment 1

Due 12th March 2014

Counts for 30% of module.

 
5

Some Questions about your Data

 

Questionnaires

Week 5 Exercise

(More on Incentives)

(More on Questionnaires)

 

Assignment 1

Due 12th March 2014

Counts for 30% of module.

 
6

The Abstract

 

The Project Proposal

Week 6 Exercise

Assignment 1

Due 12th March 2014

Counts for 30% of module.

 
7

Managing Your Supervisor

Week 7 Exercise

Submit Completed Proposal to me by 7th May 2014
8

The Project Proposal - Description,Timelines & Risks

 

Sample Proposal

Week 8 Exercise

Submit Completed Proposal to me by 7th May 2014
9

The Project Proposal - Aims and Objectives, Evaluation Criteria

 

Sample Proposal

Week 9 Exercise

Extra Reading:

(Anonymising Research Data)

Submit Completed Proposal to me by 7th May 2014
10

The Project Proposal - Aims and Objectives, Evaluation Criteria (Cont.)

 

Sample Proposal

Week 10 Exercise

 

Submit Completed Proposal to me by 7th May 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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