The students should gain insight into the main principles for doing reasearch connected to economic-administrative problems. After having completed the course, the candidate should be able to do simple scientific research and write a term paper.
* Different research methods and analytical
strategies
* Formulation of research problems
* Operationalisation and measuring of variables
* Sampling decisions
* Data selection methods
* Analysis of data
* Interpretation and reporting
Lectures. Exercises. The learning management system Classfronter will be used to some extent in the exchange of information.
One compulsory paper (group work). Each student must bring the paper and the problem text to the final exam.
A 3-hour final written exam, which counts 80%. The compulsory paper (group work) counts 20%. In the final written exam there may be questions related to the compulsory paper, and this paper and the problem text should be brought to the final exam and handed in together with the final exam.
