LG675-7-SP-CO:
Research Methods II
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2023/24
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
15
04 February 2020
Requisites for this module
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LG575
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The quantitative methods sessions will be useful to all students who wish to analyse data statistically, either for their MA or for their PhD research. Students will work with data from real studies in applied linguistics using SPSS. These studies will exemplify typical research designs and questions.
The qualitative methods sessions will be useful to all students who wish to conduct qualitative or mixed-methods research. They will give students information and advice about interviewing and qualitative data coding.
No information available.
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
1. judge which statistical analysis suits their data
2. conduct various kinds of statistical analyses
3. understand SPSS output files
4. report the results of their statistical analyses
5. select appropriate research methods for a given set of research questions
6. appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of various qualitative methods
7. reduce qualitative data and code them.
1 - Descriptive statistics; How to write a research proposal
2 - Correlation
3 - Single regression; Tutorial on descriptive statistics and correlation
4 - Multiple regression
5 - t-test and ANOVA
6 - Qualitative interviewing I; Tutorial on ANOVA
7 - Qualitative interviewing II
8 - Introduction to data handling and coding
9 - Coding
10 - Quality and Reviewing in qualitative research: reliability, validity and generalizability
10 2-hour lectures and 2 2-hour tutorials.
In the lectures, there will be a fair number of practical tasks done in groups and discussed in class. The tutorials aim to offer students practice with SPSS and more information on the statistical techniques introduced in the lectures. A two-hour tutorial will be given in the third and sixth weeks, in addition to the lecture given per week.
Students are required to attend all sessions of the module (that is, the quantitative and qualitative methods lectures and the tutorials).
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Sophia Skoufaki, email: sskouf@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Sophia Skoufaki and Dr Christina Gkonou
Sophia Skoufaki, 4.123, (0120687)3754, sskouf@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Vivienne Esther Rogers
Available via Moodle
Of 28 hours, 18 (64.3%) hours available to students:
10 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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