100% online Research Methodology

The research methods module will develop your analytical and research skills to develop competencies to assist in writing your research dissertation, and for future work-based research or consultancy work. The module provides the essential guidance in conducting the research and problem-solving activities that you will undertake as part of your summative dissertation. The module includes how to scope a research project, exploring underlying assumptions, designing an appropriate methodological approach and examining the ethical concerns of any research project. The module will enable you to examine and apply appropriate paradigms for your sector and context, develop knowledge of the various research styles available to researchers, and explore epistemological rationales and ethical implications. In doing so you will develop an understanding of the potential strengths and weaknesses of each research style so as to enable the critical selection and use of the most appropriate research style, in the light of your chosen dissertation project.