| Dozent/in |
Dr. Andrea De Angelis; Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Trechsel |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
HS201368 |
| Semester |
Herbstsemester 2020 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politikwissenschaft |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor
Master |
| Termin/e |
Mo, 14.09.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 13
Mo, 21.09.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 13
Mo, 28.09.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 13
Mo, 05.10.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 12.10.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 19.10.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 1
Mo, 26.10.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 1
Mo, 02.11.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 09.11.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 16.11.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 23.11.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 30.11.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 07.12.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2
Mo, 14.12.2020, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 2 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
wöchentlich |
| Inhalt |
The clear majority of contemporary social science’s contributions relies on quantitative research. However, quantitative methods can be hard to understand for students lacking a strong background in mathematics. Motivated by these simple facts, this seminar serves two main goals: first, allowing students to autonomously update their substantive knowledge
by making quantitative research accessible. Second, enabling them to elaborate the best design to serve their own research tasks. To fulfill these goals, the seminar will first delineate the fundamental elements of scientific inquiry in the social sciences. Having defined the essential concepts involving scientific inquiry, the students are guided through some of the most fundamental social science methods: the comparative, the statistical, and the experimental method. Finally, the seminar will also train students to deal with applied research, by providing basic statistical skills, such as: producing descriptive statistics, reading regression tables, interpreting statistical tests, and converting hypotheses into an appropriate regression model. Students will learn to identify their inferential goals, and to elaborate an appropriate and theory-driven research design. Students are encouraged to think critically, to detect and to understand the strengths and limitations of specific
quantitative analyses.
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| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Anmeldung |
Research-Masterseminar; offen für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende
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| Abschlussform / Credits |
Aktive Teilnahme, Essay (benotet) / 4 Credits
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| Hinweise |
Studienschwerpunkte: Politische Kommunikation/Schweizer Politik/Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Internationale Beziehungen |
| Hörer-/innen |
Nach Vereinbarung |
| Kontakt |
andrea.deangelis@unilu.ch und alexander.trechsel@unilu.ch |
| Material |
Pflichtlektüre und Seminarmaterialien zugänglich auf Online-Plattform OLAT |
| Literatur |
- Box-Steffensmeier, J. M, Brady, H. E., and D. Collier, ed. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Imai, K. (2017). Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Kellestedt, P. M., and Whitten, G.D. (2013). The Fundamentals of Political Science Research. Second Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- King, G.,Keohane, R.O., and S. Verba (1994). Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton: Princeton University Press. |