Performing Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Part 2) (SURG0099)

The overall aim of this module is to develop the remaining skills required to perform systematic reviews of interventions. In this module, you will be learn how to analysing the data, explore heterogeneity, assess reporting bias, interpret the results, discuss the results in a systematic fashion, and arrive at appropriate conclusions.

The overall aim of this module is to develop some of the skills required to perform systematic reviews of interventions. In this module, you will be learn how...

Performing Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Part 1) (SURG0098)

The overall aim of this module is to develop some of the skills required to perform systematic reviews of interventions. In this module, you will be learn how to draft the research question, develop the criteria for inclusion of studies, developing the search strategy, selecting the studies for inclusion, and collect data from the included studies.

Comparative Politics|European Politics|Political Theory|Politics|Social Policy

The module aims to give students a broad understanding of the use of comparison for social and political research and of how the comparative method differs...

Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research (SEES0103)

The module aims to give students a broad understanding of the use of comparison for social and political research and of how the comparative method differs from other approaches in the social sciences. The module will also give grounding in how comparative methods can and should be practically applied in the social sciences. The module is run in a workshop format and involves both discussion of example texts and issues as well as presentations of key ideas.

The specific topics covered are: the relationship of comparative techniques to area studies; how comparison can generate understanding; how to select cases; the use (and abuse) of concepts in comparative analysis; the role of case study techniques for comparison; the problem of identifying cause and effect; the strengths and weaknesses of ‘variable-oriented’ large scale quantitative comparison and smaller scale ‘case-oriented’ comparisons; and ‘configurative comparison’ including an introduction to Charles Ragin’s QCA technique.