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Research II

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SAPA0702
Curriculum: SA 2017
Level: Bachelor of Social Services
Year of Study: 3 (2019-2020)
Semester: Autumn
Credits: 6 cr
Responsible Teacher: Saikkonen, Sanna
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2019-2020

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
2S-SA-3A, S-SA-3B2019-09-02 – 2019-12-22Ahti Nyman, Kerstin Siegfrids, Pia LiedesFinnish2019-08-19 – 2019-09-09

Learning Outcomes

The students knows
- Basics of scientific research methods and justufy their use
- How to evaluate scientific research reports from sciens' principles perspective
- How to Evaluate research method's ethics and validity
- The phases of the process to write research raport

Student's Workload

Amount of work altogether 162 h, of which 66 h of contact hours and 96 h of independent study.
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Research I

Contents

Qualitative research 2 ects
Quantitative research 2 ects
Reseach communications 2 ects

Regional Impact

Looking the local area from research perspective

Internationality

Become acquainted with international research method literature and research publications and make good use of them

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Material pointed out by the lecturer

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, exercises, network studies

Assessment Criteria

Grade 1: the student knows
- How to use statistical and qualitative research methods under guidance
- How to write scientific text under guidance; the structure, style and language are on sufficient level

Grade 3: the student knows
- How to apply and utilize statistical and qualitative research methods
- Write scientific text using references; the structure, style and language are on good level

Grade 5: the student knows
- How to apply and analyze statistical and qualitative research methods
- Write versatile scientific text using diverce reange of references ; the structure, style and language are on excellent level

Assessment Methods

Active participation, passing the given assignments. Grading scale (0–5).


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