Upon successful completion of the course, students know:

• The process for conducting a systematic literature review,
• the process for structuring research projects,
• ideal-typical research designs in qualitative social research,
• ideal-typical research designs in quantitative social research,
• the most important application possibilities and fields of application of qualitative survey methods (expert interviews, focus group interviews) and quantitative survey methods (standardized surveys) in empirical social research
• selected evaluation procedures for qualitative surveys (explorative and content-analytical procedures)
• selected evaluation procedures for quantitative surveys (univariate, bivariate and multivariate data analysis)

• define a research question they would like to address as part of their Master's thesis,
• select the appropriate research design to answer this research question,
• design the research process,
• develop the appropriate data collection instruments,
• apply the relevant evaluation procedures,
• prepare an exposé on their chosen Master's thesis topic.

Keine

• Literature reviews
• Research questions and hypotheses
• Research designs
• Methods of qualitative and quantitative empirical social research
• Evaluation procedures for qualitative and quantitative methods of empirical social research

Dekkers, R., Carey, L. & Langhorne, P. (2022): Making Literature Reviews Work: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Systematic Approaches. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90025-0
Friedrichs, J. & Leßke, F. (2022): Ergebnispräsentation in der quantitativen Forschung. In: Baur, N. & Blasius, J. (eds) Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37985-8_19
Flick, U. (2023): An Introduction to Qualitative Research. 7th edition. LA & al.: Sage.
Häder, M. (2022): Empirical Social Research. An Introduction. Wiesbaden: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37907-0
Meyer, C. & Meier zu Verl, C. (2022). Ergebnispräsentation in der qualitativen Forschung. In: Baur, N. & Blasius, J. (eds). Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37985-8_18
Przyborski, A. & Wohlrab-Sahr, M. (2022). Forschungsdesigns für die qualitative Sozialforschung. In: Baur, N., Blasius, J. (eds). Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37985-8_7
Stein, P. (2022). Forschungsdesigns für die quantitative Sozialforschung. In: Baur, N. & Blasius, J. (eds). Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37985-8_8
Sternad, D. & Power, H. (2023): The Thesis Writing Survival Guide. Moosburg: Econcise.

Vortrag, Diskussion, Selbststudium und Gruppenarbeiten

Integrierte Modulprüfung
Prüfungscharakter: immanent
Prüfungsform: Laufende Mitarbeit, Abgabe eines Exposés