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Provided by: Joint Schools' Social Sciences



2011


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Module 13: Introduction to database design and use


Description

This module is part of the Social Science Research Methods Course programme which is a shared platform for providing research students with a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research

Target audience

Mphil Students from participating departments taking the Social Science Research Methods Course as part of their research degree

Topics covered
  • Session 1: Introduction to designing a relational database
  • Session 2: Creating tables and queries
  • Session 3: Useful operations
Objectives

The objective is to provide basic introduction to databases

Aims
  • To learn to use Access menus;tool bars; viewing and browing tables
  • To create quick forms; develop queries using Boolean operators
  • To perform simpl statistical operations
Format

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

Assessments

Three exercises

Textbook(s)
  • Hemingway, V. (1994). Using and Designing Databases for Academic Work: a Practical Guide. Newcastle
  • Coppock, T.(ed.) (1999). Information Technology and Scholarship Applications in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Oxford
Notes
  • To gain the maximum benefits from the course it is important that students do not see this course in isolation from the other MPhil courses or research training they are taking. Responsibility lies with each student to consider the potential for their own research using methods common in fields of the social sciences that may seem remote. Ideally this task will be facilitated by integration of the
Duration

Three sessions of three hours

Frequency

Three times in Lent term

Themes

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