Design and Built Environment Research Methods

• • Research basics
  • Survey methods & Questionnaire design
  • Basic Statistics
  • Interviews, Focus Groups & Delphi Methods
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Qualitative Analysis
  • Using secondary data and texts in research
  • Place Based Methods
  • Creative Practice Design
  • Participatory Research
  • Research Ethics
  • Research Design and Practice

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - continual broadband access and email address

In this subject students are introduced to the concepts, methods, tools and techniques of research and investigation in design and built environment. Identification and formulation of a research problem, a research design and methodology and a literature review are expected outcomes of this subject.

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• Report (Framing Research) (20%)
• Literature Review (30%)
• Report (Research Design) (50%)

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