Methods of social research
BT BW BB BS BW DT AA GA PA BC BP BDT BU BJ BY AW
Pam Reynolds
Subject value of 1.0 (6 points) * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Gippsland/Distance
The course covers social research ethics and protocols, research design and methods, management of research, constraints, information retrieval, pilot studies, analysis of data, reporting, editing and marketing results. Verbal skills of interviewing and reporting are assessed as well as written skills. Word processing is introduced using the university's software package. All or part of the final report must be produced by the student using a word-processing package.
Assessment
Progressive assessment: 100%
Prescribed texts
Word processing ready reference manual
Wadsworth Y Do it yourself social research Allen and Unwin, 1984
And one of the following three:
de Vaus D A Surveys in social research 3rd edn, Allen and Unwin, 1991
or
Minichiello V and others In-depth interviewing: Researching people Longman Cheshire, 1990
or
Leedy P D Practical research: Planning and design 5th edn, Macmillan, 1993