RSNE3011 – Quantitative research methods and design

Course content

The course provides training in core quantitative research methods.??

Areas of study include:?

• Research problems and strategies in special needs education?

• Research design, methods, measurements and data collection?

Learning outcome

Knowledge??

After completing the course, you should have gained:?

• a broad understanding of quantitative research design, reliability and validity?

• knowledge of methods used for survey design, cross-sectional design, longitudinal design, experimental design and quasi-experimental design??

• knowledge about Philosophy of science and research ethics?

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Skills?

After completing the course, you should be able to:?

• use and evaluate different quantitative research designs?

• apply critical and independent thinking to quantitative research questions?

• critically read and assess quantitative research literature?

• conceptualize, plan and evaluate a quantitative research proposal??

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General competence?

After completing the course, you should have gained the ability to:?

• understand which types of research questions can be answered using quantitative research designs?

• describe the key characteristics of quantitative research methods, including their strengths and limitations, with reference to the field of special needs education?

• describe and discuss key characteristics of quantitative data collection and analysis methods, and reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches?

• understand the principles of research ethics?

Admission to the course

This course is open for international exchange students at Bachelor's level. Formal prerequisite: Completed first and second year of a bachelor's degree.

Recommended previous knowledge

SPED1200 Spesialpedagogiske forskningsmetoder og forskningsbasert praksis or equivalent.?

Overlapping courses

• 5 credits overlap with RSNE4011 – Quantitative research methods and design.
• 5 credits overlap with SPED4010 – Vitenskapsteori, forskningsmetode og statistikk.
• 5 credits overlap with SNE4231 – Research Methodology.

Teaching

The teaching consists of lectures and seminars. Parts of the teaching are compulsory.

Compulsory components:

• Attendance at seminar
• Written group assignment designing a quantitative research project?

The compulsory components must be completed and approved in order to sit the exam and are valid for three years.

Refer to the guidelines for attendance in compulsory teaching sessions.

Examination

Individual written 4 hour examination.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who do not pass an exam or have a valid reason for absence from the ordinary exam may have a second attempt as soon as it is possible to arrange. This is called a resit/postponed examination. The examination is held within 3 months of the original examination

Students who have passed their exam, but who wish to improve their grade may not participate in a resit examination. You may take an exam to improve your grades the next time the course has an ordinary exam, as long as you have not already used all three attempts.

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