Research Methodology (P00808)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : GEO-P-FEMRM

This course is about the quality of information. Topics covered include data collection and handling, the design and evaluation of surveys and experiments in ecology and forestry-related research, hypothesis testing, regression and analysis of variance. Suitable for students who have done some basic statistics but need to understand more about experimental design and data interpretation.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Available only to postgraduate students

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
22/09/2006	09:30	12:30

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	09:00	17:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- A thorough understanding of the accuracy and precision of data and the sources of error and variation in surveys and experimental observations required for the interpretation of research
- The use of computational exercises with actual data from a variety of forestry and ecological research
- Understanding the concepts behind the testing of hypotheses