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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Martin Elff
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Displayed in timetable as:
Research Des. Meth I
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
5 | 24
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
This course discusses the fundamentals of research in the social sciences, from the basic "logic of research" through the analysis of causality to aspects of data acquisition.
The following topics are covered in the course:
- Explanation, prediction and the understanding of meaning
- The structure of scientific theories and the derivation of testable hypotheses
- Testing scientific statements empirically
- Measurement and the operationalization of concepts
- Causal models and causal inference
- Standardized and non-standardized methods of data collection
Educational objective:
Aim of the course is to provide students with a solid understanding of the general principles of social inquiry and of the main steps in the social research process and the decisions one has to make in its context.
After successfully completing the course, participants are expected to
- understand the role of theory and hypotheses in the research process
- be able to assess the informational content of hypotheses
- be able to analyse spurious correlations and to disentangle direct from indirect social relations
- to be capable to formulate research questions and to derive the appropriate research designs
- to be able to assess the suitability of measurement and data gathering techniques for research questions.
Mandatory literature:
Pearl, Judea and Dana Mackenzie. 2018. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect. New York: Hachette.
Chalmers, Allan F. 2013. What is this thing Called Science? 4th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press & McGraw-Hill.
King, Gary, Robert O. Keohane and Sidney Verba. 1994. Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. Princeton, NJ : Princeton Univ. Press.
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