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Subject 'Research methodology'

Name in Estonian: Uurimistöö metoodika

Year:   2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    

State code5UMA13UTM
Study languageEstonian
ChairChair of Occupational Therapy
Credit points 4 ECTS
Grading method Distinctive (letters)

Aim

1 To explain the basics of evidence-based research by using different information sources (including speciality databases);
2 to provide an overview about the methodological starting-points and methods of scientific works and researches (quantitative and qualitative);
3 to instruct students how to deal with sources when starting applied researches or development works, and to pay attention to the ethical aspects of the research;
4 to teach the skills of realizing, analyzing and associating through developing an independent research project.

Study outcome

Having passed the subject, the student:
1 has knowledge for searching and analyzing speciality literature and evidence-based scientific articles, and has also skills for composing evidence-based researches;
2 is able to analyze and evaluate published scientific researches;
3 has skills for planning and carrying out an applied research, and also for analyzing the outcomes;
4 has an overview about the principles of planning a quantitative and qualitative research, and about the basics of statistics;
5 follows requirements for research ethics and the law on authors` rights;
6 is able to express himself/herself in written form, knowing the authors` rights, his/her obligations and responsibility, and understands what plagiarism is.

Is taught in following curricula

2016: TT  
2015: TT  
2014: TT  
2013: TT  
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