Research Methodology

Course Code: Y2C1
ECTS Credits: 10.0

Course Description

This course equips students with foundational skills in designing and conducting research. Students learn to formulate research questions, collect and analyze data using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, and present their findings in a structured, ethical, and academically sound manner.

Through applied research based on their earlier work in computer vision or natural language processing, students gain experience in writing a research paper that meets academic standards and contributes to their field of study.

Course Content

  • Understanding the Research Process
  • Literature Search and Review Techniques
  • Reading and Critically Evaluating Scientific Papers
  • Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
  • Research Design: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
  • Writing Research Papers: Structure, Argumentation, Clarity
  • Survey Design and Analysis
  • Citation Standards and Referencing Tools (APA/IEEE)
  • Connecting Research Questions to Data and Models

Prerequisites

  • Students are expected to build on their previous work in natural language processing (Y2A1) or computer vision (Y2B1) and use that work as the foundation for a research study.

  • Completion of all Year 1 courses in the Applied Data Science & AI programme.

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