Research Project: Design, Conduct & Report - Research Methodology - Postgraduate Course

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HRODC Postgraduate Training Institute, A Postgraduate-Only Institution

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• Course description
  By the conclusion of the specified learning and development activities, delegates will be able to:  Design a research project, taking account of important issues;  Choose sources of information appropriate for the type of research being conducted;  Assess the value of secondary sources of information as a prelude to the conduct of primary research;  Choose the methodology that best suits the type of investigation being conducted & appropriate to the research objectives;  Choose the most appropriate data elicitation techniques, in relation to the sampling frame, sampling unit, sample size & time span, among other factors;  Advise others of the situations in which participant observation, conversation analysis, documentary analysis, focus groups, interviews & questionnaires, respectively, are appropriate;  Design interviews & questionnaires that will elicit information appropriate to the research objectives;  Design structured & unstructured questions, determining the conditions under which they should be used;  Design questionnaires & interview schedules, with a mixture of open-ended & closed-ended questions, avoiding forced-choice in the latter;  Employ appropriate data analysis techniques, based on the type & volume of data available;  Use SPSS and, or, Excel software packages in analysing data;  Identifying ‘trends’ & ‘patterns’ in information, in an effort to arrive at conclusions;  Produce effective reports, adhering to conventional styles, presenting evidence from the data, & exploiting visual representations;  Make research proposals, taking pertinent factors into account;  Manage research projects, from inception to reporting;  Identify appropriate roles in research project management & produce realistic costing; and  Design a research project that incorporates a high ethical standard.

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