FORE610-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013

Research Methods

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 8 July 2013
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 21 July 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 October 2013

Description

The nature of the scientific method, planning research, defining objectives, writing proposals and workplans, experimental design and analysis, SAS procedures, making inferences from analyses, drawing conclusions, scientific report writing.

This course is designed to assist students in planning research projects and in designing and analyzing appropriate experiments.

Topics covered include the history of the philosophy of science; bibliographic skills; writing skills; presenting papers at conferences; research planning, statistics and experimental design.

The course is offered in both 1st and 2nd Semesters.

Learning Outcomes

To assist students in planning research projects and in designing and analyzing appropriate experiments.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Timetable Note

The course is delivered via a mixture of online material on Learn and additional seminars notified as required. The seminars will cover the Philosophy of Science and Library resource skills modules.

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Forestry Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment is submitted via Learn. Assessment comprises:
- a comprehensive work plan for a research project (30%)
- an oral presentation of the work plan (15%)
- essay on the philosophy of science (15%)
- statistics assignments (40%)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,827.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Forestry .

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