Research Methods Courses

Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project

71 ratings at Coursera

Run a full social science study with fellow learners: formulate a hypothesis and design, build measurement and manipulation instruments, collect data, analyze it statistically, and report results.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Try RRI! A guide for Responsible Research and Innovation

Apply Responsible Research and Innovation to your own work: test three reflection tools, use Social Labs for group practice, and examine NewHoRRIzon pilot cases.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

2 ratings at OpenLearn

In this free course, Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth, you will build on your understanding of how to evaluate research by thinking about a fundamental part of the ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Exploring innovative assessment methods

9 ratings at OpenLearn

This course is particularly relevant for teachers, trainers and educators who are looking for new and innovative methods to teach and assess learners at a distance when they are not physically in...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The power of infographics in research dissemination

13 ratings at OpenLearn

Infographics are becoming an essential tool in data representation and research communication. In this free course, The power of infographics in research dissemination, you will explore when and ...

• OpenLearn
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Financial methods in environmental decisions

2 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Financial methods in environmental decisions, begins by introducing some of the tools that can be used to assess the benefits of investment decisions, including ways of assessing ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Introducing music research

4 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore musicology through inclusion, technology, performance, reception, and community, from feminist music studies to grime and soundscapes.

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

9 ratings at OpenLearn

Learn to design, conduct, analyze, and present ethical research that supports policy proposals and advocacy aimed at influencing laws, regulations, and decision makers.

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Developing a research question in International Relations

9 ratings at OpenLearn

Learn to formulate focused, manageable research questions for International Relations using different approaches and question types.

• OpenLearn
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Career Certificate

Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences

7981 ratings at Coursera

Design social science research end to end: frame questions, apply quantitative and qualitative methods, run basic and inferential statistics, then gather and report your own data.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Community Engagement in Research and Population Health

10 ratings at Coursera

Examine why the US health system falls short on the triple aim, use population health data and evidence-based interventions, and engage communities through participatory research.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ethical AI for Research and Innovation

Integrate Ethical AI into qualitative and quantitative research by evaluating bias and hallucinations, coding interviews, cleaning data, and performing statistical analysis responsibly.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Digitalisation in Space Research

107 ratings at Coursera

Explore how digitalisation reshapes space and aviation: digital manufacturing workflows, New Space mission design, GNSS air navigation with ARAIM and Galileo, and AI-driven Earth observation.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

LMU Munich

Computers, Waves, Simulations: A Practical Introduction to Numerical Methods using Python

392 ratings at Coursera

Solve the 1D and 2D wave equation numerically: derive finite-difference, pseudospectral, finite-element and spectral-element schemes and implement them in Python within Jupyter notebooks.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

University of London;  Goldsmiths University of London

Applied Mathematical Methods for Computing

Apply vectors, matrices and linear transformations, sequences and series, combinatorics, and probability and statistics to model systems and reason rigorously about computational problems.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course