Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitBEW4010 - Research methodology 2

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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

An in-depth introduction to quantitative research methods. This subject is one of two that together supply the research methodology skills and knowledge necessary for students to complete an independent research project at the honours level. It provides a comprehensive coverage of quantitative research methodologies. Topics include: survey studies/correlational field studies; forms of regression; analysis of variances; discriminant analysis; factor analysis; non-parametric statistics.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jason Ng Wei Jian

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.

Prohibitions

ETW2111, ETX2111, ETX2121