Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
(BBI 4401)
Semester 1, 2015-16
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Lecturer: Dr. Vahid Nimehchisalem
Email: vahid@upm.edu.my
Tel: 03-8946 8721 (Office, Room A-212)
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Lectures
Reading
Notes
PowerPoint
Slides
Steps in conducting
research
Skills needed for research
Steps in conducting
research
Quantitative approach
Characteristics
Qualitative approach
Choosing between
quantitative and
qualitative
Quality Criteria
Validity
Reliability
Research Ethics
Issues
Researcher integrity
Research questions
Research hypotheses
Research design
Longitudinal research
Cross-sectional
Test 1 (10%)
research
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Lectures
Reading
Notes
Deadline to
submit
Assignment 1
(30%)
literature review
Locating literature
Chapter 6, pp.
124-162
10
Qualitative data
Principles
Organizing data
Coding
11
Quantitative data
Steps to analyze data
SPSS (data entry,
coding, transforming,
and editing)
Statistical concepts
Chapter 9, pp.
197-213
12
Quantitative data
Descriptive analysis
Inferential analysis
Statistical analysis,
interpretation and
report
- Mean and SD
- T-test
- ANOVA
Chapter 9, pp.
213-222
13
Quantitative data
Statistical analysis,
interpretation and
report
- Pearson
- Chi-square
Chapter 9, pp.
223-227, 228-230
Deadline to
submit
Assignment 2
(20%)
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Lectures
Reading
Notes
Review
Final Exam (30%)