Critical Perspectives on Research Commissioning

Module code: DIM7007-C

Module Aims

To develop a critical understanding of the range of perspectives, methodologies, strategies and sensitivities for knowledge generation, data collection and analysis used in researching society including participatory approaches with target groups. To enable students to critically appraise effective monitoring and evaluation philosophies, tools and techniques, in particular, those applicable to research commissioning. To facilitate critical understanding of approaches to target setting with the aim of maximising the volume and quality of data necessary to analyse the outcomes of social research.

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