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Research Methodology (5 cr)

Code: TH00BP30-3006

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2020 - 31.01.2021

Timing

01.01.2021 - 31.07.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master of Advanced Nursing Practice
  • Master of Management and Leadership in Health Care
  • Master's Degree Programme in Health Promotion
  • Master`s Degree Programme in Social Services and Health Care, Gerontological Expertise

Teachers

  • Anu Vaihekoski
  • Katja Heikkinen
  • Marjo Salmela

Groups

  • YTEKEK21
  • YGEROK21
  • YKLASK21
  • YTEEDK21

Objective

After completing the course, the student is ”able to:
• explain the philosophical principals of the study
• describe the research process
• describe the main quantitative and qualitative research methods
• read and interpret quantitative and qualitative research
• deepen their knowledge in the analysis of research data
• deepen their expertise in assessing the reliability of research
• critically evaluate information
• manages the ethical principles of research

Content

· The philosophical principals points of the research
· Quantitative and qualitative research process
· Key quantitative and qualitative research methods
· Analysis of research material
· Reliability and ethics of research
· Critical evaluation of information

Evaluation scale

H-5