Tutorial Letter

Research Methods and Proposal

HPCOS81

Year module
Assignment 4 and 5

School of Computing
Check list AFTER completing Assignments 4 and 5:

The following check list will assist you to determine if you done all the needed
activities/tasks for the module up to now:

 Read the UNISA plagiarism Policy and signed the plagiarism pledge
 Have access to Turnitin, submitted a document to Turnitin to obtain a similarity
score.
 Able to find accredited and reputable articles (for example through Google
Scholar)
 Set research alerts (for example through Google Scholar and Mendeley)
 Understand the value, impact and use of Turnitin on your research
 Access the Unisa Library to download find, download and save articles
 Installed Mendeley (cloud or desktop)
 Imported all your articles to Mendeley – with the setting Harvard style
 Import articles into WORD from Mendeley to generate a reference list.
 Importance of referencing other authors’ research
 Complete the Unisa MOOC to improve your writing
 Understand the usability of the SAGE research method environment.
 Formulate research problem, questions, deliverables and objectives
 Create an academic space for research
 Understand the importance of time managements for your research
 Identify gap in research to use as bases for your own research
 Assignment 4:

NOTE: this is a compulsory assignment.

Admin
Format: Multiple-choice questions
Submission date: 2023_9_6

Purpose
The aim of this assignment is to introduce you to research methodologies and
strategies that can be used in research.
Assignment Due dates Unique No
Outcomes
Assignment 1 (MCQ) 24/5/2023 366839
 Research methodologies
Assignment 2 (MCQ) 5/7/2023 265600
and strategies
Assignment 3 (Written) 2/8/2023 270921
Assignment 4 (MCQ) 6/9/2023 275764
Documents
Assignment 5 (MCQ) 4/10/2023 277332
You need to use the following
Assignment 6 – Final 1/12/2023 281154
documents during the execution
Research Proposal Portfolio
of the activities for this
assignment:
 Learning Unit 3 (Study Resources on Moodle)
 Other documents and online resources under Additional resources.
 Guidance on how to access under additional resources
 Attend the video lecture on research methodologies – Date to be announced

Outputs

 Understanding of SAGE
 Understanding of research methodologies and strategies
 Completed MCQs

Assignment 4 – What to do

Before starting with Assignment 4, study Learning Unit 3.

Task 1: Explore the SAGE research method environment (Available on https://0-

methods-sagepub-com.oasis.unisa.ac.za/. Login with your Unisa login and password)

Task 2: Study all the content regarding research methodologies

Task 3: Work on your proposal – add a section that you think will be the best
methodology for your research study. Remember you will not do data
collection in this course.

Task 4: Do Assignment 4 (Multiple Choice Questions)

Assignment 5:

NOTE: this is a compulsory assignment.

Admin
Format: Multiple-choice questions
Submission date: 2023_10_04

Note: There are no extension to this assignment.

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to obtain an understanding of new contribution of
research as well as how to present your research that is academically sound.

Outcomes
At the end of this assignment cycle you should be able to:
 New contribution of your research
 Finding the gap in the current research
 Presentation of your research

Documents
You need to use the following document during the execution of the activities for this
assignment:
 All learning Units (Study Resources on Moodle)
 Other documents and online resources under Additional resources.

Assignment 5 – What to do

Before starting with Assignment 5, study all Learning Units again.

Task 1: Work on your proposal

Task 2: Do assignment 5’s Multiple Choice Questions