Research and Development ProjectLaajuus (10 cr)

Objectives

Students learn the basics of working life oriented research and development projects and research methods.

After completing the course students will be able to
- carry out practical research projects
- apply project management methods also in other projects

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Students will be able to
- make project plans
- plan the schedule, resources and budget for projects
- apply the basics of Microsoft Project software
- carry out, manage and update projects
- prepare final project reports

RESEARCH BASICS
Students will be able to
- set research problems
- search for basic information for research
- make research plans
- select a suitable type of research
- select a suitable data collection method
- form adequate questions and other measures needed
- apply research evaluation criteria
- apply ethical and juridical criteria in the research process

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Students will
- be able to analyse qualitative textual data
- know the principles of case and action research

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Students will
- know the principles of quantitative data collection
- be able to prepare data matrixes on quantitative data
- be able to describe distributions and study differences between groups and relations between variables
- be able to interpret statistical results and describe the principles of statistical reasoning
- be able to make use of statistical software

Content

What is considered as research?
What is a project?
How is research carried out as a project?

Prerequisites

1. year studies or similar skills and knowledge.