Research Methodology

R 4500.00 (inc vat)


Start Date: Date to be announced

Please contact shortprog@foundation.co.za to purchase the course and for registration.



Introduction

This course is about developing basic research skills to conduct qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods research and to develop your academic writing skills. You will learn how to clearly define a research problem and how to formulate research questions. You will also define and describe various research paradigms and research designs. Various sampling techniques, data collection methods and tools, data analysis methods and quality assurance techniques will be investigated. Furthermore, this course covers ethical principles in research. In the end, you will be guided to design a research proposal for your intended research.

Assessment

You will have several assessment opportunities, which include posts to the discussion forum, assignments and quizzes, among others. You will have various learning activities to engage with and tasks to complete. In the end, these tasks will help you to design your research proposal which will be submitted as the final summative assessment.

Course Design

This course is an eLearning (online) course with three virtual sessions scheduled after hours.

Who Should Enrol

Researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students that want to learn more about basic research -and writing skills and how to design a research proposal.