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Master 2022/2023

Research Seminar "Quantitative Methods"

Type: Elective course (Comparative Social Research)
Area of studies: Sociology
Delivered by: School of Sociology
Where: Faculty of Social Sciences
When: 2 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Anna Almakaeva
Master’s programme: Comparative Soсial Research
Language: English
ECTS credits: 14
Contact hours: 40

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

The course on master thesis writi ng is designed to provide students with a thoughtful understanding of what are the main steps and procedures of quantitative social research and how they are linked to the different parts of master thesis.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • To have practical skills in conducting social research and writing master thesis
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • be able to conduct analysis according to research questing
  • be able to find and review papers on the subject of MA thesis
  • be able to interpret data and draw conclusions
  • be able to provide a nice visualization
  • have skills in writing research papers and master thesis
  • know the basic principles of academic ethics
  • know the rules of writing master thesis
  • to be able to put forward correct research question and identify the novelty of the MA thesis
  • to be able to collect and describe data
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Structure of the master thesis
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • Data and methods
  • Results
  • Discussion and conclusion
  • Visualization
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Drafts of chapters
    Drafts of MA chapters
  • non-blocking Presentations of chapters
  • non-blocking Pre-defence of master thesis
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2022/2023 4th module
    0.7 * Pre-defence of master thesis + 0.15 * Drafts of chapters + 0.15 * Presentations of chapters
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Core data analysis : summarization, correlation, and visualization, Mirkin, B., 2019
  • Longman academic writing series, level 5 : essays to research papers, Meyers, A., 2014
  • Writing research papers from essay to research paper : student book, Zemach, D. E., 2011

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Core concepts in data analysis: summarization, correlation and visualization, Mirkin, B., 2011
  • Writing research papers : a complete guide, Lester, J. D., 2012

Authors

  • ALMAKAEVA ANNA MIKHAYLOVNA