The course will involve examination of different methods that are vital to acquisition as well as dissemination of knowledge of ethics and human rights. Both approaches to analysis and synthesis namely, quantitative and qualitative approaches in gathering data will be examined. Definition of research, function and types of research; sampling techniques, questionnaires, interviews, mail questionnaires, response errors, experiments in research, observation, study of documents, measuring methods, scaling methods, will be studied
By the end of the course, students will:1) Be able to differentiate between quantitative and qualitative research methodologies2) Acquire knowledge of research tools3) Be able to identify a research problem and raising research questions4) Be able to develop a research proposal5) Be able to assess the principles of research ethics6) Be able to write a research report