LET-CIWM430
Research Design and Data Analysis in Communication
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleLET-CIWM430
Credits (ECTS)5
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Arts; Communication and Information Studies;
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer
dr. S. van Putten
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Examiner
dr. L.J. Speed
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Lecturer
dr. L.J. Speed
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Coordinator
dr. L.J. Speed
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Contactperson for the course
dr. L.J. Speed
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Academic year2023
Period
PER 1  (04/09/2023 to 05/11/2023)
Starting block
PER 1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
At the end of this course the student is able to
  • Recognize qualitative and quantitative research methods and ways to analyse these different types of data;
  • Recognize and design relevant methods of data collection in multicultural settings;
  • Recognize and execute relevant analyses in multicultural settings;
  • Correctly interpret and report statistical analyses (in accordance with APA conventions).
Content
The course introduces students to methodological aspects and statistical analyses relating to cross cultural (communication) research. The course focuses on setting up, carrying out, analyzing and reporting different types of research (experiments, corpus research and surveys) in a multi-cultural context.
The course deals with multiple aspects such as selecting and instructing participants from different cultural backgrounds, making stimulus materials, operationalizing constructs and eventually adapting them to cultural differences, and collecting the data. The course will be based on data sets that are reported on in the literature as well as data sets that are familiar to students from their own experience. Basic knowledge of statistics is required.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge
Prerequisites for participation in the MA-program CIW need to be fulfilled. Moreover, basic knowledge of statistics is required.
Test information

Specifics

Required materials
Book
ISBN:978-1-5264-1952-1
Title:Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics
Author:Field, A.
Publisher:London, etc.: Sage (2018).
Edition:5

Instructional modes
Lecture

Tests
Written exam
Test weight100
Test typeDigital exam with CIRRUS
OpportunitiesBlock PER 1, Block PER 2

Minimum grade
5,5