Research Seminar "Quantitative Methods"

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент социологии

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course on master thesis writing 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

• To study various styles and formats of writing a MA CSR thesis. • To study various steps and chapterization styles in writing a MA CSR thesis. To learn various formats, procedures, conceptual usage, and associated argumentation styles in writing a MA CSR thesis.

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
• 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
• be able to put forward the correct research question and identify the novelty of the MA thesis
• Have skills in writing the research proposal for master thesis
• to be able to collect and describe data
• Learning various styles and formats that enhance and shape MA CSR thesis writing styles and abilities
• Learning ways of organizing a thesis in different chapterization styles and formats
• Learning to apply various formats, procedures, concepts, and argumentation styles in thesis and paper writing

Course Contents

• Research question
• How to Write a Good Master’s Thesis
• Research methodology
• Proposal structure
• Structure of the master thesis
• Introduction
• Literature review
• Data and methods
• Results
• Discussion and conclusion
• Visualization

Assessment Elements

• Presentation
• Chapter text
• Pre-defence
  Pre-defence of master thesis
• Class activity
  Comments and reviews of the MA thesis of students

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.1 * Chapter text + 0.2 * Class activity + 0.4 * Pre-defence + 0.3 * Presentation

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
• Qualitative inquiry & research design : choosing among five approaches, Creswell, J. W., 2013
• Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, Creswell, J. W., 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
• Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, Creswell, J.W., 2009
• Writing research papers : a complete guide, Lester, J. D., 2012

Authors

• ALMAKAEVA ANNA MIKHAYLOVNA
• MITROFANOVA EKATERINA SERGEEVNA