Research and Development Methods

• Information retrieval process; search topic, search planning, search execution, evaluation of search results, selection, and utilization of sources. • Principles of scientific writing, Writing guidelines at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. • Philosophical approaches to science, Research strategies; qualitative and quantitative, Research methods; data collection & data analysis, Development methods; participatory approaches. • Introduction to research ethics principles; plagiarism, use of artificial intelligence, authorship, conflicts of interest, Ethics in research planning; research environment, data collection, data management, collaboration planning (confidentiality), Ethics in implementation phase; reporting. • Research and development process; Familiarization with the topic, research planning, research execution, and reporting, Thesis process at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences; Wihi software for the supervision and management of thesis projects, publishing options.