AC52023 Application Case Studies and Research Methods Mini Guide
For the full module guide see AC52023 full guide
Organisation
The Module Co-Ordinator for this module is Professor Emanuele Trucco.
If you want to talk about an aspect of the module, or your work on it, please make an appointment to see one of the lecturer(s):
Dr Norman Alm, nalm@computing.dundee.ac.uk, 2.11 QMB
Dr Simon Wells, swells@computing.dundee.ac.uk, 2,06 QMB
Dr Jesse Hoey, jessehoey@computing.dundee.ac.uk, 1.22 QMB
Prof Ian W. Ricketts, ricketts@computing.dundee.ac.uk, 2.11 QMB
If you use email, please include "AC52023" in the heading.
Module Content and timetable
| Week | Topics Covered |
| One | The scientific method as a way of thinking. |
| Two | Evaluating results: statistics and what it can / can't do |
| Three | Validating research: ethical considerations |
| Four | Testing: applying statistics to experiments |
| Five | Applications |
| Six | Applications |
| Seven | Ethical considerations in research, intellectual property rights |
| Eight | Writing a Project Proposal |
| Nine | Revision |
Assessment and Course-Work
The final degree exam counts for 100% of the final module mark.Resource List
Additional readings, some of the lecture notes, past exams and a diagram showing the structure of the module at a glance can be found on the AC Share 'auntie' drive in the "AC MSC ICS modules\AC52023 ..." directory.
Recommended Titles
- The Unnatural Nature of Science, Wolpert, Lewis, Faber & Faber, 2000, .
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn, Thomas S, University of Chicago Press, 1962, .
- Experimental Design and Statistics, Miller, Steve, Routledge, .
- Empirical Methods for Artificial Intelligence, Cohen, Paul, MIT Press, .
Module Specification
For the formal module specification see AC52023 Case Studies & Res Methods v3.rtf