7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2
The second assignment comprises 65% of the TOTAL MARK for this module. The WORD LIMIT is 1500 words for each assignment.th
The submission deadlines are BEFORE 12:30pm on 7 December 2016

Critically assess the second research project examined by your tutorial group, focusing in particular, on its collection, analysis and use of qualitative data (in final reports, published papers or other outputs). Where appropriate you should support your own critical assessment by making reference to the original project data from the UK data archive 7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

n.b. the data for this assignment can be found in KEATS under the heading Assessment 2

Students doing the MA/MSc Climate Change; MA/MSc. in Environment, Politics & Globalization; the MA/MSc Sustainable Cities will look at:

•Students doing the MA/MSc in Geopolitics, Territory & Security will look at: •

Students doing the MA/MSc. in Environment & Development; the MA/MSc in Tourism, Environment & Development ; the MA/MSc in Disasters & Development; MSc. in Water will look at:

•Students doing the MA/MSc. in Risk Analysis will look at: •

Students doing the MA Geography should base their assignment on the data set being looked at by the tutorial group to which they have been assigned.

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

Pidgeon,N., Spence, A. and Poortinga, W., Public Perceptions of Climate Change and Energy Futures

in Britain, 2010 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], October 2010. SN:

6581, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6581-1

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

Justino, Patricia and Tranchant, Jean-Pierre and Gupte, Jaideep and Aghajanian,

Alia (2015). Household survey on agency and governance in Maharashtra, India. [Data Collection].

Colchester, Essex: Economic and Social Research Council.10.5255/UKDA-SN-851258

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

Mohan, Giles and Power, Marcus (2015). The politics of Chinese engagement with African

‘development’: Case studies of Angola and Ghana. [Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data

Archive. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-851847

Few, Roger (2015). Climatic Hazards, Health Risk and Response in Developing Countries. [Data

Collection]. Colchester, Essex: Economic and Social Research Council. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-

850189

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

Roberts, J.A. et al. Risks, Contracts and Infectious Disease in the UK NHS Managed Market, 1997-

1999 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], October 2000. SN: 4151, DOI:

10.5255/UKDA-SN-4151-1

Weekly Formative Assessments

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

Module Syllabus 7SSG5002: Practicing Social Research

In addition to the formally assessed coursework, we also expect that each week you will complete a one page ‘formative’ essay prior as preparation for the workshop discussion. The topic of each weekly formative essay is described in a separate weekly guide to readings for the course that is available on KEATS. Although these essays will not be formally marked and will not count towards your grade for the module, we do require you to write and submit them in to your tutor to ensure compliance and enable tutors to monitor what groups are learning from the lectures and small group discussions. Written comments will be provided on first formative essay, to help you get calibrate expectations and enable your tutor to identify at an early stage any problems with writing skills. Where these are identified the module convener may contact the students concerned and put them in contact with the English Language Centre who will be able to offer support. Each tutor will explain her/his policy for reading and commenting on the weekly essays subsequently.

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

All instructions on word limits, formatting, structure, and online submission procedures are specified in the official Coursework Submission Requirements, available online at:

https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/stu/geog/handbook/pgt/CWsubmission.aspx

It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with this document, and by submitting an assignment you acknowledge that you have read and understood the instructions. The general marking criteria for assignments are available online at:

https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/stu/geog/handbook/pgt/CASC1415-72b-Generic-marking-cirteria-L7-2015-16- FINAL.pdf

7SSG5002 Practising Social Research Coursework Assignment 2

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