ORI2100 Theory of Science and Research Methods Course description

A thesis written individually or in groups of two students over a period of ten weeks. Scope: individual assignment 8,500 words (+/- 10 %), group assignment 11,000 words (+/- 10 %). The thesis can be written in either English or Norwegian.

Resits/rescheduled exam: Students who are awarded the grade F for their bachelor's thesis have the right to submit a reworked version once.

Students can appeal the grade awarded for written exams.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can explain different types of research design
• has knowledge of the use of systematic literature reviews and relevant quantitative research methods (RCT, repeated measures, cross-sectional etc.)
• can describe interviews as a qualitative research method and other qualitative research methodology
• can explain hypothesis testing, credibility, reliability, validity, normal distribution, p-value and probability calculation
• can describe univariate and bivariate statistical methods

Skills

The student

• can collect and analyse quantitative individual data, both descriptive and inferential, from questionnaires/experiments/statistics
• can collect and analyse qualitative individual data
• can reflect on the collection and analysis of individual data
• can present analysis results
• can search for research articles and other sources and take a critical approach when reading them

General competence

The student

• can identify potential research ethical issues in research articles

Grade scale A-F.

All exams are assessed by two examiners. At least 20 % of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner’s assessment should benefit all the students.

• 15 credits overlap with the course ORTO3900 Bachelor Assignment.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Parts 1 and 2: Grade scale A-F.

All exams are assessed by two examiners. At least 20% of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The remaining papers will be assessed by two internal examiners. The external examiner's assessment should benefit all the students.

• 5 credits overlap with the course ORTO2300 Theory of Science and Research Methods in Prosthetics and Orthotics.