Replications Seminar: Doing research in practice!

Dozent/in	Dr. Andrea De Angelis
Veranstaltungsart	Masterseminar
Code	FS191460
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2019
Durchführender Fachbereich	Politikwissenschaft
Studienstufe	Bachelor Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Mi), ab 20.02.2019, 16:15 - 18:00 Uhr, 3.B52
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	wöchentlich
Inhalt	Most students are keen on developing an empirical project for their Bachelor and Master theses. However, even when they possess sufficient knowledge in methodology and statistics, they usually lack the practical side of the empirical work and may easily get frustrated at wasting time for small practical details. At the same time, it becomes increasingly evident that many published scientific papers would prove to be wrong if their replication is attempted, and this is very concerning for social sciences. A replication seminar is an applied seminar in which students—guided and supported by the instructor—actively replicate real scientific results, thus learning while helping science. The Replication Seminar is designed to fill the gap between the classic methods seminars and the thesis work, and no prior statistical and programming skills are required. Students will be trained in doing empirical analyses by replicating figures and regression tables from real papers published on international scientific journals. Students will be offered with some of the most useful tips and skills for doing applied empirical analysis: introductions (or refreshers) in regression analysis, elements of research design, a gentle introduction to R for data analysis, writing skills, and presentation skills. While training the students to tackle their future work, the seminar will also boost their ability to understand empirical research, including its ‘behind-the-scenes’. Students that are particularly enthusiastic about cross-checking published work to protect scientific knowledge, and motivated to gain an official DOI citation for their CV, can receive support from the instructor to submit their replication to the https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/psreplication/about-psri
Voraussetzungen	Research-Masterseminar; offen für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	Master-Replicationseminar; offen für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende
Abschlussform / Credits	Aktive Teilnahme (Essay, benotet) / 4 Credits
Hinweise	Politische Kommunikation/Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Internationale Beziehungen
Hörer-/innen	Nach Vereinbarung
Kontakt	andrea.deangelis@unilu.ch
Material	wird auf OLAT zur Verfügung gestellt