Certificate of Credit Investigation and Analysis

This course covers research design, ethical practice in research, and qualitative and quantitative approaches to research at postgraduate level.

This course is an optional module within our online MSc Ergonomics and Human Factors and can be completed as a standalone 10-week course. You will gain 20 credits at level 7 with a Certificate of Credit to evidence your learning achievement.

It is ideally suited to those who want to know more about the research design, ethical practice in research and qualitative and quantitative approaches to research.

It will develop your ability to perform appropriate statistical analyses to address research questions about human behaviour. You will learn to design, conduct and report an ethically sound, quantitative research study exploring human behaviour, and develop a critical understanding by evaluating qualitative research designs and findings.

You'll cover philosophical background to empirical research and investigation plus generating and exploring hypotheses and empirical research questions and qualitative approaches. For example: assumptions and basics, epistemology, differences between methods and methodology, approaches to qualitative methods, validity and reliability.

It also covers quantitative approaches, for example: Assumptions and basics, descriptive tests, exploring data, parametric and non-parametric inferential analyses, testing for differences, testing for relationships, effect sizes and power analysis.

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Develop an ethically and methodologically sound empirical research study exploring a pertinent psychological theory
• Analyse, interpret, and critically evaluate the findings of the study to form coherent conclusions about the research question(s)

Critically appraise a contemporary qualitative research paper using selected criteria.

• Students must have completed a subject relevant Bachelors degree with an overall score of 'Good' or above (2.25 GPA) from a recognised university in Jordan
• For postgraduate research degrees, PhD applicants are expected to have a masters as well as a bachelors degree in the relevant subject areas. Most importantly applicants must submit a research proposal.

This Investigation and Analysis Certificate of Credit focuses on you obtaining 20 credits at level 7 for your CPD.

The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) is an excellent resource for employment opportunities and for information about gaining experience in ergonomics.