Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SSI2004: Research Design in the Social Sciences

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 5
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Professor Susan Banducci (Lecturer)

Pre-requisites

SSI1005 (formerly SOC1004/POL1008) and SSI1006 (formerly SOC1041/POL1041)

Co-requisites
Available via distance learning

No

Both in academic and applied social research it is crucial to examine empirical evidence in order to test ideas and hypotheses. For example, in market research it is necessary to examine data on sales and customer satisfaction to make decisions about a future marketing strategy. In political research you may want to collect and analyse data from polls. To obtain valid conclusions from the data you need to understand the principles of research design and data collection. In this module you will learn how to design social experiments and surveys and make sure your research design allows you to answer your research questions. This module prepares you for conducting research for your dissertation. The pre-requisites for this module are SOC1004/POL1008 (Introduction to Social Data) and SOC/POL1041 (Data Analysis in Social Science 1).

Module created

17/10/2019

Last revised

17/10/2019