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Research methodology 414


 
Module code FST 414
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Module content Five-day intensive research methodology workshop: Philosophy of research; Where to start research - Problem statement; Role and importance of the literature review; How to formulate hypotheses and objectives; Experimental design; The good practical way to do research, including getting the results down; Application of statistics to research; Writing an honours report/masters dissertation/doctoral thesis; Writing a scientific paper; Preparing and presenting posters and oral papers.
Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites Third-year status or TDH
Contact time 3 dpw
Language of tuition English
Academic organisation Food Science
Period of presentation Semester 1
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