Methodology of research in international relations 2104-M-D1MNSM
This course is a workshop, it aims at teaching practical skills. Since skills are practical, there is no handbook which could cover them and which would allow students to acquire skills. However, students certainly can acquire required skills by individual practice.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
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Learning outcomes
Student:
- conducts academic literature review
- uses tools for analyzing academic impact of research
- develops research question
- can apply theory to empirical analysis (in uncomplicated cases)
- distinguishes quantitative and qualitative methods and to what types of questions and data each of then is applied
- knows the basic principles of scholarly inference, including distinction between correlation and causality
- knows basic principles of quantitative analysis
- knows basic principles of qualitative analysis
- structures properly the content of the dissertation
- knows ethical issues of academic activity, especially concerning intellectual property
- is familiar with academic writing rules
- is familiar with criteria upon which M.A. dissertation is graded
K_W01, K_W03,K_W05, K_U01, K_U02, K_U03, K_U04, K_K01, K_K02
Assessment criteria
The grade will be given on the basis of research prospectus submitted at the end of the course. The prospectus has to fullill detailed criteria discussed during the course, key ones include:
1. good research question
2. literature review according to international standards
3. structure
4. methodology
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
ATTENTION: There is no handbook for this course, literature can only give additional insight into the content.
Chris Hart, Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination (SAGE Study Skills Series)
D. Della Porta, M.Keating, Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge University Press
G.King, R.Keohane, S.Verba, Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, Princeton University Press.
J.Miles, M.Shevlin, Applying Regression and Correlation, SAGE
R.Abelson, Statistics as Principled Argument, Taylor & Francis.
D.Silverman, Prowadzenie badań jakościowych, PWN
D. Silverman, Interpretacja danych jakościowych, PWN.
Notes
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Term 2023Z:
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Term 2024Z:
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Additional information
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