1. Knowledge of the key quantitative research methods used to gather and
analyse social data.
2. An understanding of how to compare statistical data to evaluate a
research hypothesis.
3. Critical evaluation of the effectiveness and limitations of the key
quantitative research methods in order to conduct research.
Skills
4. How to design, perform and analyse a quantitative data set, using
appropriate technologies, to develop a research report.
5. How to collate and synthesize both empirical data and theoretical
information to write a research report.

TASK

1. Do a literature search to identify the following health issue: SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER.
In your search, bear the following questions in mind.
What is the issue or social problem? Who does it affect? Does it affect men, women, the
old or the young? Does it affect ethnic minorities or majority? Does it affect poor or rich
people? Write it in less than 1 page.
2. Formulate research hypothesis to guide your quantitative research on the identified health issue (SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER).
3. Design a questionnaire of 15-20 questions, create it on Qualtrics, publish the
questionnaire and distribute its link within your WhatsApp forum so your classmates can
answer your questions. (I already done this questionnaire and you can access the report here:

4. Using results of your online research on Qualtrics, write a report of 4-5 pages.

5. STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT:

1. Introduction
• What is the report about?
• How is organised?
2. Background
• What is the health or social problem?
• What is the purpose of the research?
• What are the hypotheses of your research?
3. Methodology
• What type of research did you conduct?
• How did you conduct your research?
• Who did you interview
• How did you interview?
• What did you use to interview?
• How did you analyse your data?
• How did you manage the research ethics?
4. Results
• Describe the demographic characteristics of you sample.
• What did you find about your research issue?
5. Discussion
• How significant are your findings compared to what is already known about this issue?
• Compare your findings with current literature and relevant theories.
6. References
• Use at least 5 references