STAT40470 Intro. to Quant. Research I

Academic Year 2016/2017

This module is worth 5 credits and is aimed at first year PhD students in the Colleges of Human Sciences and Business and Law. The module will provide students with an introduction to Quantitative Research Methods. The course will concentrate on how on the fundamental principles of research methods and statistics. Topics covered will include: design of sample surveys, observational studies and experiments, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, simple linear regression and analysis of variance.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to critically assess studies in the literature and will be able to compute basic descriptive statistics and conduct basic hypothesis tests. They will also be required to conduct a study of their own. Finally they will gain experience in writing a research report.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

30
Autonomous Student Learning

90
Total

120
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Students must complete STAT 40480 upon completion of this course. Both courses must be taken as a package.



Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
Quantitative Data Analysis (IS30330)

 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Continuous Assessment: In class assessment plus project

100

 Unspecified

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

If you fail this module you may repeat, resit or substitute where permissible