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HL30568: Advanced quantitative and qualitative data analyses

[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]

Academic Year: 2023/24
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 7.5 [equivalent to 15 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 150
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWOI 25%, CWSI 75%
Assessment Detail:
  • Set exercises (CWSI 75%)
  • Oral presentation and assessment (CWOI 25%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL20535
Learning Outcomes:
  1. Identify suitable statistical analyses in response to research questions and complex designs
  2. Conduct a range of univariate and multivariate statistical analyses using professional software  
  3. Interpret statistical analyses to draw valid conclusions regarding research questions
  4. Conduct qualitative data analysis using relevant IT skills and software including creating a project, creating and importing sources, coding data and performing basic queries
  5. Synthesise and combine quantitative and qualitative research methods to analyse and interpret data in sport and exercise science



Aims: To advance students' ability to analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data, gain the confidence and competence to conduct relevant analyses for individual projects

Content: This unit will provide a step-by-step overview of advanced psychological research methods in a practical and jargon-free manner. It comprises of seminar sessions providing a broad overview to each topic before students have the opportunity to apply their learning with real data sets in computer workshop sessions. The overall objective here is equip students with a background in advanced psychological research methods so they can confidently apply the correct data analyses to their specific research questions. To do so, we will walk students through a number of common quantitative and qualitative analyses, from data entry, through to analytic methods, through to interpretation and beyond.

Course availability:

HL30568 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
  • UHHL-ACM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AAM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)

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