GSC1602

Introduction to methods of social research

The subject 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. Use of a spreadsheet is introduced using the Excel software package. All or part of the final report must be produced by the student using a wordprocessing package.

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