Lectures Schedule

• 01: Introduction
  • Research and Its Process
  • Research
  • MITOpenCourseWare
    

  Research Center

  • Research Centres, CityU
  • The Aviation Services Research Centre, PolyU
  • IDRC

• 02: Formulating and Clarifying the Research Topic
  • Ten criteria for a good research report

• 03: Critically Reviewing the Literature
  • Bloom's Taxonomy - How to improve the writing and context of a report

• 04: Formulating the Research Design
  • Customer Satisfaction Measurement in Airline Services Using Servqual
  • QUALITY OF SERVICE Questionnaire
  • Language in aviation
  • Week 4, Sept 29 Guest Lecture: Discourse & Narrative Method by Dr Andy Chin, EDUHK

• 05: Selecting Samples  Collecting Primary Data through Observation  Collecting Primary Data using Questionnaires  Analysing Quantitative Data  Analysing Qualitative Data
  • Sample Size Table From The Research Advisors
  • UK Data Service Data and Question Bank
  • QuestionPro Simple Survey
  • SurveyMonkey
  • my3q
  • Questionnaire Design
  • Hypothesis Testing Sample t-Test

• 06: Negotiating Access and Research Ethics
  • Ethics Statement, Annex 1: Fast-Track Ethical Approval Form, Annex 2: Application for Ethical Approval of Research Project in STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY FYP
  • CU Ethics  Low Risk Research Ethics Approval

Lab/Tutorials

1. Information Searching Skills
• A quick guide for searching and downloading past graduate projects
• A quick guide to City U Library e-Resources
• past AM Projects titles
• Research repository established by University of Toronto Libraries
• Electronic Theses & Dissertation Service
2. Harvard Reference Citation and Rephrasing Exercise
• Harvard Reference Guide
• Harvard_Reference_Quick_Guide
• Harvard System of Referencing Guide
• CiteThisForMe
• CitationMachine.net

[Submit by Wk 3 "MyResearchProposalReference" after you finished.]

3. Reading Paper & Finding Titles
• Tam, M. L. and Lam, W. H. K. (2005) Analysis of airport access mode choice: a case study in Hong Kong, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 6, 708-723.
• Milimol P., Sreelatha T., and Soosan G.T. Modelling on Mode Choice Behavior of Rural Middle Class Residents ?An Activity Based Approach  International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 7, July 2013
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
4. Learn how to prepare the Aim and Objectives of the Proposal
• 209KM - Asg01- Research Proposal Report Guide
• How to Write SMART Objectives from RAPIDBI

[Submit by Wk 4 "ResearchProposalDraft1" which contains: preliminary title, aim and objectives, and initial list of references.]

5. Group Presentation
   • Group Paper Template

   First taste of SPSS: Cross Tabulation Chi square table

   • The GNU PSPP
   • MS Windows Version
   • SPSS Exercise 1 Data and Files
   • behavior.sav in IBM SPSS sample tutorial files folder

     In a classic example, 52 students were asked to rate the combinations of 15 situations and 15 behaviors on a 10-point scale ranging from 0="extremely appropriate" to 9="extremely inappropriate." Averaged over individuals, the values are taken as dissimilarities.

   [Submit by Wk 5 "GroupResearchPaperDraft1"]

6. SPSS Exercise 2 Chart and Output
• spss datafile
7. SPSS Exercise 3 Graphs and Filter
• spss datafile
• The General Social Survey (GSS)
• Variable happy

[Submit by Wk 7 "ResearchProposalDraft2" which contains: preliminary title, aim and objectives,initial finding on background and review of relevant literature, list of references.]

8. SPSS Exercise 4 Questionnaire I  Questionnaire II
• spss datafile

[Submit by Wk 8 "GroupResearchPaperDraft2"]

9. SPSS Exercise 5 Correlation
• spss datafile
• Statistical Correlation
• Answer
10. SPSS Exercise 6 T-Test (Independent)  T-Test (Dependent/Paired)
• spss datafile1  spss datafile2 

• SPSS One-Way ANOVA,www.spss-tutorials.com  F Distribution Tables, UCLA SOCR 

[Submit by Wk 10 "GroupResearchPaperPowerPointDraft"]

[Submit by Wk 12 "ResearchProposalDraft3" which contains: preliminary title, aim and objectives,initial finding on background and review of relevant literature,outline of research methods, and list of references.]

Assignment

Assign	Title	IMLO	Weight	Due
1	153-29400 Group List and Presentation Schedule 163-19400 Group List and Presentation Schedule Marking Scheme	2,3	20%	Week 11/12
2	Research Proposal Assignment Assessment Form Marking Scheme	1,3	80%	Week 13

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Samples

Project Proposal

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Project Report 391km fyp

Sample1
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About This Course

• Aims and Summary
• Intended Module Learning Outcomes
• Indicative Content
• Method of Assessment
• Recommended Reading

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