本課程旨在提升研究生了解研究的意義、過程、方法及倫理，包括 研究問題產生、研究過程、研究寫作，並能閱讀及評論相關研究報 告、撰寫研究計畫和研究報告，修習完本課程應能更了解研究倫理 和知識創新的關係。

This course is to facilitate the graduate students understand the basic concepts of scientific research, such as, measurement, sampling, credibility and reliability, and ethic codes for research community; be able to operate various approaches and methods for data collection and data analysis. The process of research, research proposal/report writing and literature review are presented.