LTKY022 Quantitative Research Methods (3 cr)
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, student is able to:
- recognize and describe basic quantitative research methods
- analyze, interpret and report results fulfilling the basic requirements needed for successful completion of the Master鈥檚 thesis
Study methods
Lectures 14 hours, practical demonstrations 14 hours
Content
The course includes basic principles of applying quantitative methods to data collection, description and summary of data (summary statistics), and statistical estimation and testing (i.e.confidence intervals, t-test, oneway-ANOVA, correlation, chi- square).
Further information
1st year spring
Materials
Morrow, Mood, Disch & Kang. 2016. Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance. 5th Edition. Champaign: Human Kinetics.
Coolican, H. 2004. Research methods and statistics in psychology. 4th edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
Croucher, S. & Cronn-Mills, D. 2015. Understanding Communication Research Methods: A Theoretical and Practical Approach. New York: Routledge.
Assessment criteria
Participation in lectures and demos 30 %, final assignment 70%