Assessment Brief Submission and feedback dates Submission deadline: Marks and Feedback due on: Before 14:00 on 22 April 2024 20 working days a er 24 April 2024 N.B. all mes are 24-hour clock, current local me (at me of submission) in the UK Submit assessment Module tle and code: Component and type: Assessment tle: Assessment weigh ng: Size or length or assessment1: Economic Research Methods – UMED8N-15-2 Course Work Assessment Individual Detailed Research Proposal 75% of total module mark 2500-word research proposal Module learning outcomes assessed by this task: MO2: Evaluate and assess the roles and purposes of alterna ve forms of enquiry and research. MO3: Evaluate, select and pursue alterna ve enquiry approaches, methods and methodologies in economics and related disciplines . MO4: Apply and define an ethical framework to the process and management of a research project. MO5: Interpret and evaluate published academic research and other evidence rela ng to economics and related disciplines, Comple ng your assessment What am I required to do on this assessment? You need to design a detailed research project based on a mixed methods case study approach and then present that research design in a 2,500-word research proposal. The research theme is the same as was set for the groupwork assessed task: • Why do students engage with the Student Union? This assessed task is an individual task, but I hope you will build on the collec ve work you completed as the groupwork tasks. You can work with the literature review work to which you contributed. A detailed research proposal needs to address the following ques ons: • Is there a par cular role/func on of the Student Union you are interested in? Or are you interested in the views of your research par cipants in the round (the Union is a single bundle of services)? • Based on academic research you find, what do you expect to explain why people feel more/less than a ached to the Union than others? What is your strategic research aim? • Based on this expected explana on how would you design a small research project to demonstrate whether your explana on is plausible/not proven – jus fying your choices rela ve to your strategic research aims? • Based on your research strategy (above), what combina on of data collec on ac vi es (from the one covered on this module) would you expect to carry out and why? • What sampling strategy/strategies would you need to carry out in order to collect the evidence you have iden fied above? • What are the ethical risks associated with your outline research design? • Having piloted one of your data collec on methods, what lessons do you draw in order to improve your data collec on plans? • How would you analyse the data you would collect in order to establish an answer to your research ques on? This involves demonstra ng how you move from raw data to derived data to how you infer rela onships between your bit of evidence. In terms of presen ng your research design you need to both propose appropriate/plausible choices (ie they need to be appropriate for the research ques on) and you need to jus fy your choices rela ve to academic sources. We expect your proposal to have the following headings: 1. Introduc on and context 2. Literature Review 3. Problem Statement and Conceptual Framework 4. Research Strategy 5. Data collec on, pilo ng and ethics 6. Data analysis planning You will lose marks if you do not use this set of sub-headings. Where should I start? We expect you to build on the conceptual/literature work to which you contributed in the f irst part of the assessed groupwork task. What do I need to do to pass? You need to follow the headings for the proposal. Failure to use these headings may result in ge ng a score of zero. Rela ve to the marking criteria for this assessment, the table below gives you an idea of minimum standard of a ainment we are looking for: Pass (>=4/10) wt MCCW2 Ability to make appropriate and jus fied research design choices Choice of case study strategy is plausible, but you might not have given references for all the key decisions underlying your selec on. Might not have worked out a mixed-method strategy 15 MCCW8 Ability to plan and structure the analysis of data Plausible selec on of data analysis methods but not correct across the board – not referenced. Possibly missing either the qualita ve or quan ta ve plan. Plan might be offered but no concrete examples are given. 10 MCCW3 Ability to construct appropriate evidence that plausibly and logically links to a research ques on Aware of different data collec on methods. Choice of method is plausible and jus fied, but you might not have given references for all the key decisions underlying your selec on. The method might be consistent with your choice or strategy or with the ques on but not both. 25 MCCW4 An ability to run and cri cally evaluate a pilot data collec on exercise for a research project some reflec ons on method piloted even if the evidence for actually doing a pilot is ‘spo y’ 15 MCCW5 Ability to analyse a research design through an ethical risk management process demonstra ng mi ga on strategies where required Ethical review is par al – but present. Informed consent is demonstrated but might be incomplete in minor aspects. Mi ga on is inappropriate in some aspects – but is appropriate in a general sense. 10 MCCW1 Ability to present a research proposal as a coherent proposi on some of the sec ons link together, some do not. Wri ng style and argument is partly unclear. Referencing is not Harvard but there are references. There is a reference list but it might not include all things referenced. 10What do I need to do achieve higher marks this assessment? Remember that failure to use the sub-headings we give you may result in your ge ng a score of zero. Rela ve to the marking criteria for this assessment, the table below gives you an idea of minimum standard of a ainment we are looking for to achieve a higher pass: MCCW6 Ability to present a body of academic work within a conceptual framework to underpin a research ques on The ques on might be descrip ve but you have iden fied something that suggests the ques on could be interes ng. You might offer some defini ons but some of this might be inappropriate. The literature you use to frame the ques on may be from non-academic sources (such as government reports) – you may have mis-interpreted some of the things you have reported on. 10 MCCW7 Follows the assessment brief instruc ons the proposal par ally follows some of the headings of the assessment brief 5 excellent (>=7/10) wt MCCW2 Ability to make appropriate and jus fied research design choices Clear understanding of how mixed-method research strategies lead to high quality research answers in the case of the chosen research ques ons – use of research method references. The outline research design will show a clear sampling strategy that is both jus fied, referenced and appropriate for the ques on that is asked. 15 MCCW8 Ability to plan and structure the analysis of data Data analysis methods consistent with the ques on and the methods. Jus fica on of analy cal method referenced – probably has structured this around the 5-stage plan outlined in class. Concrete examples given to illustrate how analysis will happen. 10 MCCW3 Ability to construct appropriate evidence that plausibly and logically links to a research ques on Good understanding of what a data collec on method is (as dis nct from a research strategy). Clearly able to iden fy and cri que the use of research methods in the papers you have read – use of reference to jus fy your choices. Able to demonstrate how chosen research methods generates evidence for your research ques on. The data collec on instrument is appended to proposal. 25How does the learning and teaching relate to the assessment? See above What addi onal resources may help me complete this assessment? • The blackboard site. • Talking to teaching team What do I do if I am concerned about comple ng this assessment? UWE Bristol offer a range of Assessment Support Op ons that you can explore through this link, and both Academic Support and Wellbeing Support are available. How do I avoid Assessment Offences (AO) on this module? 2 MCCW4 An ability to run and cri cally evaluate a pilot data collec on exercise for a research project Pilo ng done – evidence offered up for pilo ng. Reflec ons illustrate awareness of key issues and plausible solu ons to any research problems encountered. 15 MCCW5 Ability to analyse a research design through an ethical risk management process demonstra ng mi ga on strategies where required There is a review of the ethical risks of the research proposal – and that mi ga ve ac ons have been proposed to face up to ethical challenges. Ethical procedures of informed consent are demonstrated in the data collec on instruments 10 MCCW1 Ability to present a research proposal as a coherent proposi on All parts of the design link together, arguments are referenced and jus fied. Wri ng style is clear, references are in Harvard style and given in a reference list at the end of the paper. 10 MCCW6 Ability to present a body of academic work within a conceptual framework to underpin a research ques on A ques on that clearly centres on explaining the rela onship between concepts of interest. You clearly iden fy the concepts and link them either to debates in the media or to debates in the academic literature. You illustrate the issue with some contextual sta s cs/ observa ons. You will frame this ques on with knowledge from exis ng academic research. Will have a synthesis of literature. 10 MCCW7 Follows the assessment brief instruc ons the proposal follows the structure given in the assessment brief 5Use the support above if you feel unable to submit your own work for this module. The most common form of AO on this module comes from students copying the work of other students. If you wish to avoid an AO, remember: • Do not copy and paste proposals from the work of others – our AO soware has access to work submi ed by students across the University. If you are reading through the work of others, remember to express yourself in your own words. • Remember to use the sub-headings we give you – because failing to use them may result in your being given a score of zero. Marks and Feedback Your assessment will be marked according to the marking criteria outlined above. You can use these to evaluate your own work before you submit. 1. In line with UWE Bristol’s Word Count Policy, the word count includes everything in the main body of the text including headings, tables, cita ons, quotes, lists, etc. It does not include the tle, student number, references, bibliography and/or footnotes (provided footnotes only include references). There is a 10% margin. 2. UWE Bristol’s UWE’s Assessment Offences Policy requires that you submit work that is en rely your own and reflects your own learning, so it is important to: • Ensure you reference all sources used, using the UWE Harvard system and the guidance available on UWE’s Study Skills referencing pages. • Avoid copying and pas ng any work into this assessment, including your own previous assessments, work from other students or internet sources • Develop your own style, arguments and wording, so avoid copying sources and changing individual words but keeping, essen ally, the same sentences and/or structures from other sources • Never give your work to others who may copy it • If an individual assessment, develop your own work and prepara on, and do not allow anyone to make amends on your work (including proof-readers, who may highlight issues but not edit the work) and When submi ng your work, you will be required to confirm that the work is your own, and text-matching soware and other methods are rou nely used to check submissions against other submissions to the university and internet sources. Details of what cons tutes plagiarism and how to avoid it can be found on UWE’s Study Skills pages about avoiding plagiarism.
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