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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

311700 (v.1) Science Research Methodologies 551

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Tuition Patterns

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Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: School of Science
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit covers the broad spectrum of conducting and managing research in science and engineering disciplines. Stages and progression of research projects - locating research information, bibliography creation, critical reviews of the published literature, correct citation and referencing styles, research problem identification, design and preparation of research proposals, hypothesis formulation and testing, experimental design, questionnaire design. Quantitative data analysis - data sampling strategies, errors, statisitical hypothesis testing, significance, regression and correlation, graphing techniques, applied data analysis using computer software, interpretation of research results. History and philosophy of science - induction, deduction, falsification, paradigms of science. Ethical and fraudulent behaviour in research. Alternative research methodologies. Collecting, organising and analysing qualitative data. Dissemination of research results - principles of scientific writing, oral presentations, thesis production, publication of papers in journals, presentation at conferences.
Field of Education: 019999 Natural and Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External