Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitBEW4000 - Research methodology 1

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Malaysia First semester 2014 (Day) South Africa First semester 2014 (Day) Malaysia Second semester 2014 (Day) South Africa Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit aims to develop students' understanding of qualitative research, with specific focus on qualitative research philosophy, qualitative research design and qualitative research methods. This unit explores topics such as: paradigmatic approaches to research; research design; negotiation of access to research sites/participants; researcher ethics; methods of qualitative data collection such as observation, interviews, focus groups and non-intrusive data collection; methods of data analysis; issues of qualitative research validity; and qualitative writing.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Vicki Little

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in course 3169, 3845 or 4414 to undertake this unit.