RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD

About this Course

Course Description

This mooc will provide an opportunity for learners to establish or advance their understanding of research through critical exploration of research design, ethics, and approaches. The course introduces the language of research, ethical principles and challenges, and the elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. Learners will use these theoretical underpinnings to begin to critically review literature relevant to their field or interests and determine how research findings are useful in forming their work, social, local and global environment

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Propose a written report of research methods related to the field of research topics.
2 ) Explain the components of quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods.
3 ) Demonstrate the ethical issues of conducting data collection and data analysis in research methods.

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 3
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Beginner
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )

 Syllabus

Definition of research
Rigor and relevance of research
Research approach
Research Paradigm

Formulating research problem
Formulating research framework
Development of research model
Research Design

Literature search
Reading and understanding research papers
Literature Review

Technical writing, referencing, bibliographies
Proposal writing
Thesis writing
Journal and conference paper writing

Data generation methods: observation, interview, questionnaire, documents
Quantitative research methodology: experiment, survey

Qualitative research methodology: case study,
action research,
ethnography

Mixed Methodology
Non-empirical method: simulation 

Our Instructor

PROFESOR MADYA DR NOR SHAHNIZA BINTI KAMAL BASHAH

Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

DR. SITI ARPAH BINTI AHMAD

Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

DR. NOR AZIMAH BINTI KHALID

Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

SHAPINA BINTI ABDULLAH

Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

DR. ZOLIDAH BT KASIRAN

Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

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