ME-110 Practical Social Research
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Ann Christin Eklund Nilsen
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Bachelor's Programme in Social Work
- Bachelor's Programme in Sociology
- Child Welfare, 5 year Master's Programme
- Sociology, 1-year programme
Teaching language
NorwegianCourse contents
The course includes:
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Phases of a research process
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The relationship between theory and data
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Intensive and extensive research design
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Research relevant to practice
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Interview, survey, documents, records
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Data analysis
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presenting results
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Research ethics
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student:
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has knowledge of different methods for production of knowledge
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is familiar with different types of data
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is able to evaluate the benefits and limitations of the methods
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is able to plan and conduct an empirical study
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is able to conduct simple analyses of data
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is able to report the results of a survey
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have knowledge of practical research in social work
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be able to critically reflect on the relevance of research results in their own field
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars . Expected work load is approximately 270 hours.
Evaluation
The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.
Offered as Single Standing Module
Yes. Subject to availability or capacity.Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
Course | Reduction of Credits |
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ME-107 – Research Methods | 5 |
ME-104 – Social Scientific Methods | 5 |
ME-108 – Social Scientific Methods | 5 |
ME-109 – Statistics, Methods and Applied Data Analysis | 5 |
ME-108 – Social Scientific Methods | 5 |