FORE610-22S1 (C) Semester One 2022

Research Methods

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2022
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 May 2022

Description

The nature of the scientific method, planning research, defining objectives, writing proposals and workplaces, experimental design and analysis, statistical procedures using R, 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.

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

Learning Outcomes

  • Knowledge
    Students will:
  • know the biological and chemical processes giving rise to the properties of wood.
  • have an advanced understanding the key factors determining wood properties in young trees.
  • be familiar with the timber quality of the internationally most common plantation forest species.

    Skills
    Students will:
  • be able to relate wood properties to the wood quality required by the wood processing industry.
  • be able to take advantage of the opportunities (and be aware of the challenges) caused by the enormous variability of wood properties.

    Application
    Students will:
  • get practical experience in assessing wood properties and draw conclusions from the analysis of the data.
  • research and review current scientific and technical knowledge.
  • present specialised scientific and technical topics in seminar and written formats.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval by the Head of School

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.

Lecturer

Euan Mason

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Research Project Work Plan 30%
Oral Presentation 15%
Philosophy of Science Essay 15%
Statistics Assignments 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,133.00

* 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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