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EconomicResearch Methods

ISEB

Peter Schmidt

Spring 2013

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WHY

study

(Economic)Research Methods

What‘s it about ?

Contents

Introduction(s)

Research Methods

Lecturer

Students (via teamwork discussion and presentation)

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Learning Targets

Dealing with data

Statistical models

Practical experience

Academic Research

– Literature sources

– structure and format of academic work

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Learning Outcomes After completion of this module students shall have

essentially improved their individual communication

skills, self-confidence and effectiveness in rhetoric

activities and are able to professionally apply

presentation, moderation and negotiation

techniques.

Students shall also be able to apply statistical

tools and concepts needed in economic and

business applications and use statistical models as

an aid in managerial decision making

Learning Targets: Content

“Quantitative Methods” enables students to analyze

data and apply statistical analyses. Topics include:

Presentation and interpretation of descriptive

measures,

applications of probability and the normal distribution in

order to be able to properly apply confidence interval

estimation and hypothesis testing.

The students shall be able to use simple and multiple

regression models as well as time series analysis to

applied cases from Economics and Business.

Economics & Statistics

ZEWZentrum für EuropäischeWirtschaftsforschung -

Mannheim

Peter SchmidtWho am I

market . research . culture markt . forschung . kultur

You are highly motivated students

have to carry your individual workload:

Contents

Introduction(s)

Research Methods

Lecturer

Students

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