Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• Define 'survey research'
• State what survey design and sampling are
• Discuss the role of quantitative data plays in substantiating ideas
• Explain the relationship between ideas and evidence
• Discuss the use of field surveys and inventories in development research
• List the various types of mixed methods strategies and visual models
• Define the term 'mixed methods research'
• Outline the logical framework approach (LFA)
• Discuss the two main stages of using the LFA for project design
• State what a 'SWOT analysis' is
• Explain conventional approaches to conducting a SWOT analysis
• State what 'official statistics' is