Required Reading

All materials listed in the required reading section of each module are considered part of the material we expect you to study before taking the quizzes and doing the assignments. We will list what to study for each part.

For more on the Language of Research, please study:

the Foundations Section of Trochim’s Knowledge Base,

a website dedicated to Research Methodologies

Recommended Reading:

All materials in the recommended reading section are not mandatory and do not form part of the material to be studied and are merely there for those of you who want to delve into the subject further.

• The GO-GN Research Methods Handbook – Farrow, R., Iniesto, F., Weller, M. & Pitt., R.,  Open Education Research Hub. The Open University, UK. CC-BY 4.0, 2020. http://go-gn.net/gogn_outputs/research-methods-handbook/
• Trochim W.M.K., and Donelly, J.P., The research methods Knowledge Base, Atomic Dog-engage Publisher, any edition. Research Methods Knowledge Base Online