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Instructors: Dr. Kilian Seng
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Studentische Forschung
Displayed in timetable as:
Emp. Sozialforschung
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 35
Course content:
The course introduces methodological terms, research designs, sampling procedures and measurement. Qualitative interviews and surveys, observational studies and content analysis will be covered. Practical aspects as questionnaire design or problems of data collection like reactivity will be also addressed.
Additional tutorials for the course topics as well as for basic mathematics will be given.
Educational objective:
The goal of the course is to illustrate the research process starting with the theoretical foundations and the necessary planning steps as well as the data collection.
Further information about the exams:
Midterm: obligatory exercises in ILIAS during the semester, § 19 Abs. 2 ASPO applies to the midterm, passing the midterm is precondition for admission to the exam
Exam: written exam
weights: midterm 50%, exam 50%
Admitted Aids:
scientific non-programmable calculator, formula list
Mandatory literature:
- Diekmann, Andreas (2010): Empirische Sozialforschung. Grundlagen, Methoden, Anwendungen. Reinbek: Hamburg.
- Porst, Rolf (2011): Fragebogen. Ein Arbeitsbuch. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
- King, Gary et al. (1994): Designing Social Inquiry. Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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