1. Research design I
Ruth Sepper
Katrin Gross-Paju

2. Aim of the course Basic knowledge about scientific research
One scientific project as group work
During following sessions:
All students will be divided to groups
Research will be done as group work
Research question:
Maybe chosen freely
During next meetings:
Presentation of title, research question
Group list

3. SOC-416
; SOC - 416
Introduction,
work group formation
selection of titles for research groups.
Conducting research: choosing methods and participants selected projects
Homework:
Selection of titles for research
Group list
written research proposal for selected research programmes by October 11th

4. Timelines II
SOC 416
written research proposal for selected research topics
Presentation of research proposals; Conducting research cont.: literature review

5. Timelines III
: – 15.30; SOC 416
Update on research projects
: ; SOC 416
Week Research projects 9-16
(week 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Nov 29th presentation of projects start: 16.00
Dec 6th presentation of projects: start 16.00

6. How do you select the topic?
What question interests you
Are good with people
Language barriers?
Are good with social media
What is your background experience
What is really that interests you
Real conditions or attidudes?

7. Titles and topics – prevous experience
Attidudes of workers of Tallinn University of Technology towards their work
Alcohol consumption among Erasmus students
Support services for students
Attitudes of family physicians to home-based blood sugar measurements
Estonian TUT students perception of foreign students
Use of fitness wearables and mobile fitness apps among students and amateur badminton players

8. Key questions What is your research? Why do you want to do this?
Short summary
One sentence
Why do you want to do this?
Goal/time lines
Seminar project
PhD project
Paper
Funding – exact requirements
Key questions
Interesting
Gap in literature
Decision making aid

9. Background research Primary observation Secondary research
Aim, problem and goal
Secondary research
Additional studies/experience, observation
Information
Literature
publications
Storing,
Folders
File names
Web based

10. Key questions What is your research? Why do you want to do this?
Short summary
One sentence
Why do you want to do this?
Goal/time lines
Seminar project
PhD project
Paper
Funding – exact requirements
Key questions
Interesting
Gap in literature
Decision making aid

11. Key questions cont. Who? Participants Contacting methods Number,
Access
Contacting methods
Internet
Mail
Phone
hospital etc based

12. Key questions cont. III Where When Geographical location
Costs
Venue (home, interview room)
Costs/time
When
Difficult periods
Christmas, summer

13. Research design - methodology
Qualitative
Interviews
Structured
Semistructured
unstructured
focus groups
Discussion groups
Focus on
Attitudes, behaviour, experiences
Quantitative
Data generate statistics

14. Focus groups Moderator, facilitator Discussion group
Personal interview vs discussion group
Wide range of experiences/openness of participants
Interaction/ not all contribute
Individual views difficult to capture

15. Different types - Qualitative research
Action research
Organisational behaviour
Researcher works with people, not doing research on them
Ethnography
Observations
Grounded theory
Collecting data as long as needed
Feminist research
Male animals and research subjects
Case studies

16. Research design - methodology
Qualitative
Interviews
Structured
Semistructured
unstructured
focus groups
Discussion groups
Quantitative
Data generate statistics

17. Quantitative research
Experiment
Treatment
Survey
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
generalizability

18. Quantitative research
Experiment
Treatment
Survey
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
generalizability

19. Mixed methods Sequential Qualitative Quantitative Focus groups
Interviews
Quantitative
Questionnaires

20. Qualitative or quantitative?
Attitudes:
Satisfied, experience, attitudes, thoughts, behaviour
How many, test, verify

21. Participants Number of participants Goals vs methods Quantitative
Semi-structured
Grounded methodology
Goals vs methods

22. Participants II Census Sampling- small group represents large group
Contact everybody
Sampling- small group represents large group
Careful procedure
Probability samples
Purposive samples

23. Probability samples Simple random sample Cluster sample
generated by computer from the all-inclusive list
Cluster sample
Geographical
Systematic random sample
Every 2nd, 3rd etc from the list
How list is generated
Stratified random sample
art vs science students

24. Purposive samples Quota sample Snow-ball Theoretical sampling
represent all groups of participants
Female, male, ages, interests etc
Snow-ball
Each participant suggests the next
Theoretical sampling
Pre-selected extreme cases

25. How many ?
Preselected participants
Pre-specified sub groups

26. Interview Structured Semistructured Unstructured Boxes for answers
Qualitative social research
Identical open ended questions
Unstructured
In depth , life history
Free talk with little direction
Close contact with participant

27. Questionnaires Close ended Open-ended Combination of both Response
biases
Payment for answers
Extra interest

28. observation
Medicine
Anthropologists
Get acquainted with the culture

29. Background research Primary observation Secondary research
Aim, problem and goal
Secondary research
Additional studies/experience, observation
Information
Literature
publications
Storing,
Folders
File names
Web based

30. Research titles Health care reforms E-medicine Telemedicine
diseases
and disease prevention/health promotion
Infections
Cancer/chronic disease patients
Maternity issues
Interaction
with patients
Students´ health
User friendliness
General practice
Cultural differences
Client interface systems
Document exchange through systems (medical exports)
Security
Telemedicine
Alternative (complimentary) medicine
3d printing in medicine

31. Next time Detailed project description Specific work groups
Topic
Title
One sentence to describe the topic
Specific work groups
Next time October 5th at 12!!
MEK-209 – 12:00 – 14:00
Deadline for written titles and group list