MICHAELA WILLIAMS EXAM NOTES AND SUMMARIES CELL- 0795976803
☺ YES, you need to cover all the information in that huge book known as your study guide.
☺ Approach the study guide systematically – plan your time and stick to it.
☺ Make some notes and summaries along the way while reading through the study guide.
☺ Use the best study method you know for better understanding – mine is I make notes andsummaries by hand to
build up muscle memory and it forces me to read and summarise and then re-read again to see if I got it correct
and that also helps build memory about the module – I also use a lot of colours to keep my attention.
☺ Go through each study unit – it honestly is important you know the information.
☺ There are repeats in the papers however you need the knowledge from the study guidebefore attempting past
papers.
☺ PowerPoints that have been loaded on the group to help you with a checklist to see thatyou have covered
everything and every single unit
☺ Past papers from 2010 all the way through to 2020 papers re have been also madeavailable for you to
practice
☺ it's up to you to decide how many papers you want to prepare for the exam
☺ when going through the information in the study guide and you don’t understand please do ask on the group
or even email the lecturers they are there to help you understand the word and
☺ little added tip – keep in contact with the lecturers through the semester and then theysee you are working hard
so they allow you to ask up to 5 questions per paper for help.
☺ READING IS EXTREMLEY IMPORTANT FOR THIS MODULE.
BEST OF LUCK MICHAELA
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,MICHAELA WILLIAMS EXAM NOTES AND SUMMARIES CELL- 0795976803
STUDY UNIT 1
strategies of Discovery
understand the research process and not view the processes in isolation of each other. this involves thinking
about what you want to do and how you going to go about to do it.
STUDY UNIT 2
the role of theory in research
provide a framework for interpreting and organizing the information you collected. This means that the
theory will help you make sense of your information.
STUDY UNIT 3
scientific research
categories of research basic and applied research. Approaches
of qualitative and quantitative.
Types of research
descriptive
explorative
explanatory
correctional
STUDY UNIT 4
Ethics in research
ethics are the norms and value judgement of responsible research regulated by sixbehavioral norms
research involving human participants.
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STUDY UNIT 5
research design
thinking about the how your research question is supposed to give you an indication of thetype of research design
you will use needs to be The Golden Thread - coherence.
STUDY UNIT 6
sampling
they are different sampling techniques
AS they may apply to qualitative and quantitative Theory see page 163 for the table on 6.3important
factors that may influence the sample size.
STUDY UNIT 7
data collection
this involves collecting the information so that you can address the research problem alsohow will you collect the
information how will the four levels of measurement be used in thecompiling measurement scales for a
questionnaire for quantitative research.
What about in-depth face-to-face interviews or focus groups interviews qualitative research.
STUDY UNIT 8
describing and interpreting quantitative data.
Data analysis to statistical methods descriptive organize summarize and
visualize the quantitative data graphs ortables
inferential what inferences or generalizations can we make about the
population based on the evidence orour sample.
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STUDY UNIT 9
Describing and interpreting qualitative data
again data analysis but on the data that is textual on numerical and unconstructive and inductive process
important that data analysis in qualitative research cannot believe to the end of the data collection in the study
guide techniques or methods is offered as a guide fordoing the data analysis.
STUDY UNIT 10
writing and evaluating research reports.
Different types of research reports depending on their intent audience publication of conceptual discussion or
debate around a particular topic and the report is then published or publicized put together in written format.
Some important definitions for unit 1
Theory: a framework of ideas that provides an explanation of something.
Value free: scientific enquiry should not be influenced by the value scientists hold dear.
Assumption: a basic premise that we believe it's true
The guidelines on how to approach the examination.
I WOULD like to STRESS that the module is a research into the social sciences the UNDERSTANDING of
the research Concepts and principles is essential to increase your level of understand you must do the work
through the study material systematic it's fromthe study guide from the beginning the learning material is
important as research is a process and new concept build upon the previous ones.
The study guide as a WHOLE now applies to you.
You need to put yourself in the shoes of researcher, you need to research and checkyour work.
you now need to also check your decisions and how you move forward in the course.
you know I need to view yourself as the researcher.
0795976803 DO NOT SHARE THIS DOCUMENT MICHAELA WILLIAMS
☺ YES, you need to cover all the information in that huge book known as your study guide.
☺ Approach the study guide systematically – plan your time and stick to it.
☺ Make some notes and summaries along the way while reading through the study guide.
☺ Use the best study method you know for better understanding – mine is I make notes andsummaries by hand to
build up muscle memory and it forces me to read and summarise and then re-read again to see if I got it correct
and that also helps build memory about the module – I also use a lot of colours to keep my attention.
☺ Go through each study unit – it honestly is important you know the information.
☺ There are repeats in the papers however you need the knowledge from the study guidebefore attempting past
papers.
☺ PowerPoints that have been loaded on the group to help you with a checklist to see thatyou have covered
everything and every single unit
☺ Past papers from 2010 all the way through to 2020 papers re have been also madeavailable for you to
practice
☺ it's up to you to decide how many papers you want to prepare for the exam
☺ when going through the information in the study guide and you don’t understand please do ask on the group
or even email the lecturers they are there to help you understand the word and
☺ little added tip – keep in contact with the lecturers through the semester and then theysee you are working hard
so they allow you to ask up to 5 questions per paper for help.
☺ READING IS EXTREMLEY IMPORTANT FOR THIS MODULE.
BEST OF LUCK MICHAELA
WILLIAMS CELL -
0795976803
0795976803 DO NOT SHARE THIS DOCUMENT MICHAELA WILLIAMS
,MICHAELA WILLIAMS EXAM NOTES AND SUMMARIES CELL- 0795976803
STUDY UNIT 1
strategies of Discovery
understand the research process and not view the processes in isolation of each other. this involves thinking
about what you want to do and how you going to go about to do it.
STUDY UNIT 2
the role of theory in research
provide a framework for interpreting and organizing the information you collected. This means that the
theory will help you make sense of your information.
STUDY UNIT 3
scientific research
categories of research basic and applied research. Approaches
of qualitative and quantitative.
Types of research
descriptive
explorative
explanatory
correctional
STUDY UNIT 4
Ethics in research
ethics are the norms and value judgement of responsible research regulated by sixbehavioral norms
research involving human participants.
0795976803 DO NOT SHARE THIS DOCUMENT MICHAELA WILLIAMS
,MICHAELA WILLIAMS EXAM NOTES AND SUMMARIES CELL- 0795976803
STUDY UNIT 5
research design
thinking about the how your research question is supposed to give you an indication of thetype of research design
you will use needs to be The Golden Thread - coherence.
STUDY UNIT 6
sampling
they are different sampling techniques
AS they may apply to qualitative and quantitative Theory see page 163 for the table on 6.3important
factors that may influence the sample size.
STUDY UNIT 7
data collection
this involves collecting the information so that you can address the research problem alsohow will you collect the
information how will the four levels of measurement be used in thecompiling measurement scales for a
questionnaire for quantitative research.
What about in-depth face-to-face interviews or focus groups interviews qualitative research.
STUDY UNIT 8
describing and interpreting quantitative data.
Data analysis to statistical methods descriptive organize summarize and
visualize the quantitative data graphs ortables
inferential what inferences or generalizations can we make about the
population based on the evidence orour sample.
0795976803 DO NOT SHARE THIS DOCUMENT MICHAELA WILLIAMS
, MICHAELA WILLIAMS EXAM NOTES AND SUMMARIES CELL- 0795976803
STUDY UNIT 9
Describing and interpreting qualitative data
again data analysis but on the data that is textual on numerical and unconstructive and inductive process
important that data analysis in qualitative research cannot believe to the end of the data collection in the study
guide techniques or methods is offered as a guide fordoing the data analysis.
STUDY UNIT 10
writing and evaluating research reports.
Different types of research reports depending on their intent audience publication of conceptual discussion or
debate around a particular topic and the report is then published or publicized put together in written format.
Some important definitions for unit 1
Theory: a framework of ideas that provides an explanation of something.
Value free: scientific enquiry should not be influenced by the value scientists hold dear.
Assumption: a basic premise that we believe it's true
The guidelines on how to approach the examination.
I WOULD like to STRESS that the module is a research into the social sciences the UNDERSTANDING of
the research Concepts and principles is essential to increase your level of understand you must do the work
through the study material systematic it's fromthe study guide from the beginning the learning material is
important as research is a process and new concept build upon the previous ones.
The study guide as a WHOLE now applies to you.
You need to put yourself in the shoes of researcher, you need to research and checkyour work.
you now need to also check your decisions and how you move forward in the course.
you know I need to view yourself as the researcher.
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