OPTO499 Research Project II

Course Description

· To introduce the students to research projects under supervision in which a research project is proposed, data collection, data analysis, written up a report and presented. The report could be of any number of formats; however, background research, methods, data collection, analysis, presentation and evaluation should be discussed.

· The minimum requirement of this project is to submit a report that highlighted the title, aim, materials, research methods, hypothesis, introduction and literature background about the specific research topic.

· To introduce the students to research projects under supervision in which a research project is proposed, data collection, data analysis, written up a report and presented. The report could be of any number of formats; however, background research, methods, data collection, analysis, presentation and evaluation should be discussed.

· The minimum requirement of this project is to submit a report that highlighted the title, aim, materials, research methods, hypothesis, introduction and literature background about the specific research topic.

· Tutorial sessions were given each student by his supervisor to teach the students how to: choose their study, write proposals, collect and analyse data, how to write materials and methods, results discussion, how to draw conclusions and do the poster.

 

Course Objectives

· To introduce the students to research projects and the study hypothesis.

· To enable the student to differentiate between various types of research.

· To teach the student how to represent work by various types of presentations.

· To work and how to write their research reports.

· To highlight the research ethics and how to apply for an ethical approval for their research.

· To highlight the differences between research and other modules.

· To teach the students how to use scientific search engine.

· To equip the students with techniques to meet deadline for the completion of research and submission of reports.

· To enable the students how to critique scientific article.

· To teach the students how to use statistical software.

· To teach the students how to discuss and represent results in a scientific way.

· To warn the students about plagiarism.