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Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023
Module code: AGW23.10
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P311-0278, P311-0279
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V+2U (6 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
8
Semester: 3
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Examination achievement

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

AGW23.10 (P311-0278, P311-0279) Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023 , semester 3, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
90 class hours (= 67.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 240 hours (equivalent to 8 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 172.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
AGW23.6
AGW23.9


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Recommended as prerequisite for:
AGW23.14 Care Management and Evidence-Based Practice
AGW23.16


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Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Iris Burkholder
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Iris Burkholder
Prof. Dr. Christine Dörge


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Learning outcomes:
Module 23.10.1: Qualitative Methods
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
    
• be able to describe the interpretative paradigm as a research guiding thought model of qualitative social and health research
  
• be familiar with the basic principles of qualitative social and health research.
• be able to describe how to develop and work on a scientific problem.
• be able to describe the steps required to conduct a qualitative-empirical study, use the appropriate data collection methods, and evaluate and interpret the results with regard to the research question.
 
  
• be familiar with the criteria for the critical evaluation of qualitative research work.
• be able to explain the main differences between various qualitative research methods.
 
   
• be able to derive application-oriented qualitative research questions based on problems or questions from professional practice.
 
• be able to justify the selection of appropriate procedures and methods within the qualitative research process necessary for answering a specific research question.
 
• be able to apply survey and evaluation methods from qualitative health and social research.
• be able to develop an interview guide and will have honed their methodological interviewing skills.
• be able to critically evaluate a qualitative research paper using appropriate criteria.
 
   
• be able to justify the relevance and usefulness of qualitative research in their professional fields of activity to others.
 
• be able to present, justify and argue health science issues, approaches and research results to experts and laypersons.
   
• show openness and tolerance towards other views and perspectives.
 
  
• be willing to scientifically address application-oriented research questions from practice and to take research results into account in future professional activities
 
 
 
23.10.2. Quantitative Methods - Lecture
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
    
• be able to describe the logic of the quantitative research process.
• be able to explain the difference between experimental studies and observational studies.
• be able to name the advantages and disadvantages of different selection and survey methods in quantitative research.
• be able to explain the basic principles of generating hypotheses and operationalization.
• be able to explain the significance of the p-value.
• be able to recognize quantitative methods in publications.
 
    
• be able to critically evaluate quantitative methods presented in scientific publications.
• be able to derive correct interpretations based on the results of quantitative research.
• be able to apply their methodological knowledge of quantitative research to specific research questions.
• be able to apply the methods of inductive statistics to simple exercise examples and select the appropriate statistical test.
 
 
  
• be able to critically reflect on aspects of research ethics in the context of the quantitative research process.
 
 
 
23.10.3.: Quantitative methods - Tutorial
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
 
   
• be able to derive a quantitative research problem.
• be able to apply a statistical software program exemplarily on the basis of a specific question and sample data sets.
 
 
• be able to independently develop simple program-based solutions in the software.
• be able to apply quantitative research methods and analytical techniques.
• be able to present and explain research findings.
 
   
• be able to present and discuss partial steps in their own research work
• be able to give each other feedback on their research work


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Module content:
Module 23.10.1: Qualitative Methods
 
• History and rationale of qualitative social and health research
• Methodology and standards of qualitative social and health research
• Questions and fields of application of qualitative social and health research
• Development of a qualitative research question
• Possibilities of field work
• Survey methods for obtaining qualitative data (e.g. by means of interviews, observation, group discussion)
• Data transcription
• Evaluation and interpretation of qualitative data (e.g. by means of qualitative content analysis, grounded theory, documentary method)
 
• Use of software for computer-aided data and text analysis
• Documentation and presentation of qualitative research results
• Mixed-methods approaches in health sciences
• Quality criteria in qualitative research
• Research ethics in social and health research
• Critical examination of published qualitative study papers/results
 
23.10.2.: Quantitative Methods - Lecture
 
Module content:
1. Research process/ethics
2. Study designs
3. Selection procedures
4. Methods of data collection
5. Generating statistical hypotheses, statistical tests
 
23.10.3.: Quantitative methods - Tutorial
 
Module content:
1. Introduction to program-based statistical analysis software.
2. Data management
3. Data analysis
4. Reporting


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Teaching methods/Media:
Blended learning

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Recommended or required reading:
Will be announced at the beginning of the module.

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