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University of North Texas

Research Design: Inquiry and Discovery

The main purpose of this course is to focus on good questions and how to answer them. This is essential to making considered decisions as a leader in any organization or in your life overall. Topics will include the basis of human curiosity, development of questions, connections between questions and approaches to information gathering design , variable measurement, sampling, the differences between experimental and non-experimental designs, data analysis, reporting and the ethics of inquiry projects. Emphasis will be placed on approaches used in the social sciences (i.e., sociology, psychology, anthropology), but we will also discuss how others (i.e., natural scientists, business analysts) might approach the inquiry process. No prior knowledge of statistics is required for this course.

Status: Research Methodologies
Status: Sample Size Determination
BeginnerCourse10 hours

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NR

4.0Reviewed Aug 19, 2021

The course is easy to follow and you will surely learn a lot if you are a beginner.. I think the course needs to improve on test construction as some items may seem to be too ambiguous..

MG

4.0Reviewed Mar 10, 2021

Great type of learning for an man at work most of the day and dad by night. This class is meant for people like me.

LI

5.0Reviewed Jan 13, 2021

Thanks for sharing this meaningful information. I am excited to begin my research projects.

LC

5.0Reviewed Sep 17, 2025

This is a great help for a student like me who will conduct soon research to be more educated and prepared.

PN

5.0Reviewed Jun 4, 2023

It was a good course covering the basic to advance concepts of research design. I learnt a lot from the course and it will help me in the future to carry out research. Regards

C

5.0Reviewed Sep 20, 2025

This course really helps me. I learned a lot of practical knowledge and skills that I can use in my work. It is very useful and motivating.

PT

4.0Reviewed Aug 26, 2020

I am glad that I got to introduced to valuable instructors and learn many new things such as sampling, errors, confidence level and many more. Thanks, team UTN

GN

5.0Reviewed May 15, 2025

the materials are clear and easy to follow and i enjoyed doing my assignments help me to not forget the content of each module

MQ

5.0Reviewed Oct 13, 2020

A very informative courseIn my opinion subjective type of assignments must also be included while assessment

GS

4.0Reviewed Sep 10, 2020

A good introductory course that has helped contextualise other study materials that I am working my way through.

AS

5.0Reviewed Jun 28, 2023

This is a wonderful course. It has given me a lot of input. I would say that anyone who would like to do research must make use of this course.

KP

4.0Reviewed Feb 26, 2021

Sound quality was inconsistent. At times, it sounded like the instructor's voice was breaking up (nothing wrong with the sound on my PC).

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