8569 (v.4) History 214 - Research Methods for Historians
Area: |
Department of Social Sciences |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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Lecture: |
1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): |
9673 (v.4) History 314 - Research Methods for Historians or any previous version |
Prerequisite(s): |
1438 (v.4) History 111 - History of India in the 17th Century or any previous version AND 1439 (v.4) History 112 - The Modern World - The Rise and Fall of British Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries or any previous version |
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. |
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Field of Education: | 090305 History |
Funding Cluster: | 03 - Humanities |
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
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