RDI2MS18HKI Research and project methods (GHRP 616) (5op)

Tavoitteet

After completing the course, students will be able to
- read and analyze scientific articles, reports and theses with qualitative and quantitative approaches in the field of global health
- understand the significance of methodology and that of choosing theright methods for the purpose of gaining the required information
- independently plan and implement qualitative and quantitative research designs
- identify research problems, formulate the purpose of research, formulate the research questions, formulate the measuring instrument bases on prior knowledge, make selections, code and carry out analyses and interpret their results
- relate the choice of method to the research problem
- understand the significance of an ethical view in research
- understand the scientific dialog and argumentation in the field of global health research
- write and present scientific texts

Sisältö

- Methodologies and methods in the human sciences such as the grounded theory in ethnography
- Data collecting methods (surveys, interviews, observations, experiments and trials), analyses and interpretation with a focus on applied research and global health questions
- Validity and reliability of different methods
- Research designs, research ethics
- Operationalizing, measuring instruments and the problems of measurements
- Procedures of selection, gathering of data, drop-out analysis, and the processing of the gathered data
- Multivariate statistics
- Statistical graphics