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9673 (v.4) History 314 - Research Methods for Historians


 

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

8569 (v.4) History 214 - Research Methods for Historians

Syllabus:

Empirical research methods for historians. Planning research-hypotheses, concepts and conceptualisation, the nature of data, sampling. Data collection methods-official statistics, content analysis, oral history, collective biography. Methods of data description and analysis-maps, diagrams, graphs, frequency distributions, summarising quantitative data, correlation and regression, plus a major research paper.
 

Field of Education:

 90305 History

HECS Band (if applicable):

1  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Informational  

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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