Research Statistics

This module builds on student's introductory knowledge and appreciation of research methodologies from year 1. It advances ability to engage in critical writing and research skills and to develop an understanding of the fundamental role of research in professional practice and knowledge attainment  in both quantitative and qualitative research data analysis.  

1. Differentiate various data collection methods such as interviews, questionnaires, focus groups and observations commonly utilised in research. 

2. Describe and conduct and interpret descriptive statistics, inferential statistical statistics, normal distribution, probability sampling, testing hypotheses, confidence intervals.  

3. Describe the use of statistics within survey design using SPSS to perform statistical tests.

4. Develop a research critique/review of an area applicable to the discipline. 

5. Describe and perform the main statistical testing procedures use a variety of psychological tools, including specialist software, laboratory resources, and psychometric instruments.   

6. Perform and report on statistical calculations and their significance  within research studies.

7. Describe the appropriate statistics required to address the research question.   

8. Describe and conduct the use of statistics in qualitative research.