UP150018
Seminar
WiSe 21/22: Design sozialwissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen
Ulrich Kohler
Information for students
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Comments
"Regression Analysis is too little, too late" - this is the conclusion of a book by Richard Berk, in which he criticises the uncritical use of increasingly complicated regression models (not only) in the social sciences. In it, Berk calls for more reflection on decisions that precede the actual data analysis. The aim of the seminar is to sharpen the view of all decisions made in a social science study: Which content-related statements are aimed at (descriptive vs. causal inference), which units of investigation must be selected - and how. How can measurement errors be avoided, and what consequences result from them. How "certain" are the results obtained, etc.?
The seminar is a reading course in which important texts on research design will first be read together. In the second part of the seminar, selected research papers will be read and critically analysed against the background of what has been learned. close
15 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2021-10-27 - Wed, 2022-02-16 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-11-03 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-11-10 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-11-17 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-11-24 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-12-01 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-12-08 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-12-15 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-01-05 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-01-12 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-01-19 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-01-26 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-02-02 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-02-09 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-02-16 10:00 - 12:00