Research Methods & Evidence-Based Thinking
Ask answerable questions, judge sources, choose a sound method, spot bias and report findings honestly, with their limitations.
- Planned 21 days
- About 1 h per day
- 6 planned modules
This course is in development and not yet available for purchase. The planned curriculum below is a draft and may change before launch.
Overview
A short course of about three weeks at an hour a day. You learn to turn curiosity into research questions and hypotheses, to evaluate sources and the strength of evidence, to choose between quantitative, qualitative and mixed designs, to understand sampling and the common forms of bias, to interpret data without confusing correlation with causation, to synthesise several sources, to follow research ethics, and to report findings together with their limitations. The project is a small research report with a clearly defined method.
What you will be able to do
- Write clear, answerable research questions and hypotheses
- Evaluate the credibility of sources and the strength of evidence
- Choose a suitable research design and method
- Recognise sampling problems and common biases
- Interpret and synthesise evidence without overclaiming
- Report findings, limitations and ethical considerations
Before you start
- Comfortable reading and writing in English
Planned curriculum
A draft outline of the modules being written. Lessons are not available yet, and the outline may change after expert review.
Availability
This course is not on sale yet. It becomes available only after its lessons, assessments and resources pass Yumeora's review. When published, it is planned to be included in Yumeora All-Access.