1. Lecture Slides
2. Dates of Assessment
MID SEMESTER EXAM: 30 minute online quiz on iLearn.
Opens: 5pm Fri 17th April (end week 7)
Closes: 5pm Sun 19th April.PILOT STUDY: Due in marking consultation in Week 8 (week starting 27th April). You will book these in on an online booking sheet, and present via Skype/Zoom/Jitsi
FINAL REPORT: Due in marking consultation in Week 13 (week starting 1st June). You will book these in on an online booking sheet, and present via Skype/Zoom/Jitsi
FINAL EXAM: 30 minute online quiz on iLearn.
Opens: 5pm Fri 12th June (end week 14)
Closes: 5pm Sun 14th June.
3. Teaching Schedule
| Week | Week start Monday |
Seminar Topic | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Feb | Planning your study + Reviewing the literature |
Neuman: Ch 1, Why Research. Neuman: Ch 2, Planning a Study. Neuman: App B, Data and Literature Research. |
| 2 | 2 Mar | Choosing a good topic + Research Ethics |
Complete MQ Social Science Ethics Training at https://ethicstraining.mq.edu.au/ Neuman, Ch 3, Ethics. Neuman: Ch 5, Measuring. |
| 3 | 9 Mar | Collecting qualitative data: Interviews, Focus Groups, Fieldnotes. |
Neuman: Ch 10, Observing People. |
| Recess week 1 | 16 Mar | - | - |
| Recess week 2 | 23 Mar | - | - |
| 4 | 30 Mar | Collecting quantitative data 1: Surveys |
Neuman: Ch 4, Sampling. Neuman: Ch 5, Measuring Social Life. Neuman: Ch 6, The Survey. |
| 5 | 6 Apr | Thematic analysis: How to analyze qualitative data. | Neuman: Ch 8: Research with Nonreactive Measures (section on content analysis only). Methods101.com (Week 5) |
| 6 | 13 Apr | Collecting quantitative data 2: Experiments |
Neuman: Ch 7, The Experiment. |
| 7 | 20 Apr | Presenting research: Writing and speaking about research ASSESSMENT (20%) Mid-semester exam ½ hour online quiz open for 48 hours (Opens: 5pm Fri 17th April (end week 7) - Closes: 5pm Sun 19th April.) |
Neuman: Ch 12, Research Report Writing. Strunk & White, Elementary principles of composition (Library). Orwell, Politics and the English Language. Methods101.com (Week 7) |
| 8 | 27 Apr | ASSESSMENT (30%) Presentation of ‘Pilot Study’ in marking consultations outside class. Internal students present on campus. External + OUA students present via Skype or Zoom. Book presentation times online (details to be provided) |
No classes. Marking consultations instead. |
| 9 | 4 May | Analysing Numbers 1: Cleaning data + Making indexes |
Methods101.com (Week 9) |
| 10 | 11 May | Analysing Numbers 2: Descriptive statistics + Figures + Graphs |
Methods101.com (Week 10) |
| 11 | 18 May | Analysing Numbers 3: Correlation + Comparison of Means |
Methods101.com (Week 11) |
| 12 | 25 May | Analysing Numbers 4: Regressions |
Methods101.com (Week 12) |
| 13 | 1 Jun | ASSESSMENT (30%) Presentation of ‘Final Report’ in marking consultations outside class. Internal students present on campus. External + OUA students present via Skype or Zoom. Book presentation times online (details to be provided) |
No classes. Marking consultations instead. |
| Exam Week 1 [Week 14] |
8 Jun | ASSESSMENT (20%) Final exam ½ hour online quiz open for 48 hours Opens: 5pm Fri 12th June (end week 14) - Closes: 5pm Sun 14th June. |
No classes |