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Research Methods (5 cr)

Code: TE00BX23-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2023 - 05.01.2024

Timing

08.01.2024 - 31.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology

Teachers

  • Hannele Kuusisto
  • Sami Lyytinen

Groups

  • PEYTES21
  • 09.01.2024 16:00 - 17:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 17.01.2024 09:00 - 11:00, LÄHI: Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 17.01.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 24.01.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 25.01.2024 13:15 - 16:00, LÄHI: Tutkimusmenetelmät / Tilastopaja 1
  • 31.01.2024 09:00 - 12:00, LÄHI: Tutkimusmenetelmät / Tilastopaja 2
  • 07.02.2024 12:00 - 14:00, LÄHI: Tutkimusmenetelmät / Tilastopaja 3
  • 07.02.2024 14:00 - 16:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 14.02.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 15.02.2024 14:00 - 16:00, LÄHI: Tutkimusmenetelmät / Tilastopaja 4
  • 28.02.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 06.03.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 13.03.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 25.03.2024 14:15 - 17:00, LÄHI: Tutkimusmenetelmät / Tilastopaja 5
  • 27.03.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät Haastattelututkimus TE00BX23-3001
  • 27.03.2024 14:00 - 16:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät Klinikkakerta TE00BX23-3001
  • 03.04.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 10.04.2024 12:00 - 13:00, Tutkimusmenetelmät TE00BX23-3001
  • 10.04.2024 14:15 - 17:00, LÄHI: Tutkimusmenetelmät / Tilastopaja 6
  • 18.04.2024 14:15 - 16:00, HYB: Tutkimusmenetelmät / Tilastopaja 7

Objective

After completing the course, the student is able to:
- to prepare a coherent and comprehensible essay equivalent to a thesis
- apply the practices of an article-like text in their thesis
- apply the principles of information acquisition in his / her essay
- present their research topics in a comprehensible way
- the subjects required for a thesis at polytechnic level and is familiar with the thesis process of the degree program in energy and environmental technology
- basics of statistical analysis methods

Content

The relationship between the scientific approach and everyday thinking
- The research process
- Scientific explanation
- Questionnaire and interview surveys
Review and application of statistical and statistical tools in research:
- Basic statistical concepts
- Regression and correlation
- Probability, normal distribution
- Confidence interval
- Hypothesis testing
- Independence test
- Mean tests, regression analysis

Evaluation scale

H-5