Economic
Research Methods
(ISEB & international students) - Summerterm 2013
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Basic Material / Links: Links to textbooks: "Analysis of Economics Data"by Gary Koop, table of contents 4th ed. and also the "Look inside" possibilities of a bookseller (here the link to the second edition) "Business Research Methods" by D. R. Cooper and P. S. Schindler. Here you find the searchable Glossary of the 7th edition and also the ppt's used in class. "HOW TO Research" by Loraine Blaxter, Christian Hughes and Malcolm Tight. "Understanding Social Science Research" by Thomas R. Black, with a preview ("look inside" at Amazon (chapter 5 - 8 for a review of statistical methods (plus application in Excel))
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Please access AULIS, the E-Learning-Platform of the Hochschule Bremen and subscribe to the group Repository » Faculty 1: Business Sciences (School of Int. Business - SIB) » Int. Studies in Economics and Business Administration (ISEB MA) » Economic Research Methods (ISEB)]. We are going to use this group for our internal communication and to exchange handouts, solutions of the exercises, presentations, data, ...
The Assessment of this module is
a "Learning Portfolio": Further information about the ... "AssessmentResMeth.docx" |
Preliminary Time Schedule: The module takes place on Tuesdays (... rescheduled to) 18.00-19.30 in D 111) and Thursdays 10.15 - 11.45 in room A 217 (at selected days in the PC lab A 131, but this will be announced in advance)
Anadditional TUTORIAL will be offered by Patrick Henze -> Thursdays at 2 p.m.
week |
date (Monday) | Research Methods (Theory: Cooper et. al.) | Quantitative Methods | Material / case (practical work on cases) |
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12 March 2013 | General Introduction |
Basic data management in Excel (First information
about: ---> Please fill this
online questionnaire - (students'
survey), |
Teambuilding (see table below) - Case
study I (students' survey), questionnaire,
(German
Case Study and questionnaire)
- Case study I:
presentations of the teams (homework) - Data: |
2 |
19 March | Part I: Introduction to Business Research 1. Research in Business |
(4) Preparing Data (cont'd - 12. Measurement &
13. Measurement Scales) (2) -> thank you for 15 answers
which we can analyse in this
file |
(1) Teams' presentations: homework
(Tuesday) (see
table below and task in the cell above) |
3 |
Tuesday session rescheduled to Wednesday 27 March 14:30 |
Wednesday March
24: Presentation of the possibilities of the University
Library: Econmics
& Business Studies, Selected
Resources - Faculty 1: International Business, Data
Bases and RefWorks - EconLit 2. Thinking Like a Researcher
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RefWorks: -> http://www.refworks.com
(Gruppencode: RWUBremen) RefWorks –Youtube-Channel | http://www.youtube.com/user/ProQuestRefWorks - RefWorks information on the SuUB homepage - RefWorks - short guide - Modifying an Output Style (and Sharing) |
Additional tools Write’N’Cite (short guide) - http://youtu.be/qObr6QoBh2c OneLine/Cite View (alternative to Write’n’Cite) - https://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/refworks/oneline-citeview.html RefGrab-It (web pages) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25yPHGyx3T4 |
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09 / 11 April | 3. The Research Process |
Preparing Data (cont'd - 12. Measurement
& 13. Measurement Scales) Case Study II: Surveys in the Kunsthalle Bremen
(Paula in Paris): |
Case Study II: surveys in the Kunsthalle Bremen (Paula
in Paris and others): - Questionnaire - Dataset in Excel and in SPSS format - older dataset (Monet-Exhibition) as Excel-file (7.5 Mb) or zipped (1.9 Mb) plus questionnaire |
5 |
16.4. 10.15 ! NO class on 18 April |
Inference: Population and sample
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6 |
25 April | 23 April -> No class (Hans-Diers-Symposium) Preparation for the Proposals: |
Teams present homework tasks (see table below) Inference: Population and sample chap 18. Hypothesis Testing
(recall the Central Limit Theorem) |
Central Limit Theorem (empty sheet used in class)
Tasks_Estimation_and_Tests and solutions (later) |
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30 April / 02 May |
Tuesday 30th April |
chap 18. Hypothesis Testing: Data Management in Excel: correlation and regression analysis. Excel file (version used in class) |
Please download the XL-files by Koop (zip), we are going to use (some of) them in class. Here you find descriptions of some datasets. (pdf 5.4 MB) |
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07 May | 4. Business Research Requests & Proposals 09 May -> No class (national holiday) |
Koop: "Analysis of Economic Data":
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9 |
14 / 16 May | (4) An introduction to simple regression
(cont'd) |
Explaining House Prices: XL-file: HPRICE_class.xls, SPSS Label-File |
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10 |
21 / 24 May | Part II: The Design of Business Research |
(6) Multiple Regression
Recall that next week the teams have to present their proposals for final presentations! |
Teams'
classwork for today (Wed, 13/6):
College
Town: students' results for simple linear analysis (see tasks
in the table below) -
Alternative suggestions for Presentation-Topics.doc (but please
keep in mind that you should find an own topic) |
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28 May |
Teams present the proposals --->
(30 May: no class, please attend the SiB Business Week) |
Teams present proposals
for the final presentations! The final presentation time should be 10-15 minutes per student. It's helpful (but not requested) to deliver a small handout for all students (7) Regression with dummy variables |
Case studies / Example applications: -
hedonic regression for used cars |
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04 June |
Using SPSS
(6
June: no
class due to a business journey / conference) |
(7) Regression with dummy variables New Chapter
8 Qualitative Choice Models in 4 th edition (p119)
Homework for next week -> each team should prepare one of the papers (see below) |
Statistical software:
Firm
Foundations in Bremen: |
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11 / 13 June |
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New Chapter 8 Qualitative Choice Models (see above) Time Series Analysis
(TSA) (8) Regression with Time Lags: The Distributed
Lag Model Presentation
of Homework Tasks
(10) Regression with time series variables |
2) A hedonic analysis of American collectable comic-book prices 4) Did you follow
the debate about "The 90% question": relationship
between debt and growth, see e.g. a
report in the Economist or "The
Reinhart-Rogoff Reassessment in the Media"? |
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18 / 20 June |
Homework (for 25 June): What makes a good (term)
paper? |
Time Series Analysis (TSA) - XL file with Energy Example and seasonal adjustment (8) Regression with Time Lags: The Distributed
Lag Model Teams' presentations Thank you for uploading
the presentations in Aulis |
The presentation time should be 10-15 minutes per student. It's helpful to deliver a handout for all students |
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25 June | {2} Self-Reflective Statement ---> MindMap {3} Term-Paper and Academic writing {3-2} Examples {3-3} Technical example (MS Word) {3-4} Please recall the referencing standards we discussed 21. Presenting Results: Oral and Written Reports |
{1} Evaluation / Feedback ->
{4} TSA: (8) Regression with Time Lags: The Distributed
Lag Model (10) Regression with time series variables (11) Applications of time series methods
in macroeconomics |
Evaluations of Peter Schmidt Sommersemester
2013 / Summer Term 2013: Wintersemester
2012/13 / Winter Term 2012/13: Sommersemester
2012 / Summer Term 2012: Wintersemester
2011/12 / Winter Term 2011/12: Sommersemester 2011 / Summer Term 2011: -
Economic
Research Methods (ISEB 1) Sommersemester 2010 / Summer Term 2010: - VWL
1 (DSBW 2) Wintersemester 2009/10 / Winter Term 2009/10: - WS_09_10-Economic_Research_Methods_(engl.) Peter Schmidt.pdf Sommersemester 2009 / Summer Term 2009: |
N.N. |
Part II: The Design of Business Research Review and conclusion + YOUR questions |
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-> Some links: |
Teamwork: The Teams are asked to prepare their tasks ("homework") and present them in class at the dates given below:
Date \ Group: | All |
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2 | 3 |
4 |
Names (photos) | Hustert, Rupert |
Bartosz Lenartowicz Tolga Uca Elvira Zyabbarova |
Farid Ammardija Ebru Caki Anne Tornow |
Angelina Koch |
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1.
session (12 March) |
Case study I "Students' survey" -> How to gather the information ? |
1. PBC | 2. University UHSB - housing | 3. University UHSB - Applications | 4. Instructor P |
Tuesday 19 March | Case study "Students'
survey" -> "final" presentations by researchers |
1. PBC - results and recommendations | 2. Uni-housing - results and recommendations | 3. Uni appl. - results and recommendations | 4. Instructor P - results and recommendations |
25 April 2013 | Data analysis:
+ socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents including their origin All Groups: define management dilemas and => Management / Research Questions for your topic ! |
... origin of the visitors and their socio-demographic characteristics for the different groups (question 26 ff in last colum) |
... Inducement to visit the exhibition (question 1) and their socio-demographic characteristics for the different groups |
... Reason to visit the exhibition (question 3) and their socio-demographic characteristics for the different groups (these are only the out-of-town visitors) |
... Motivation to visit the exhibition (question 17) and their socio-demographic characteristics for the different groups (these are only the out-of-town visitors) |
t.b.a. | "Involvement" of museum visitors ... |
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in class 23 May | "College Town":
All groups should perform (i) one simple correlation and regression (interpret!) ... and: |
(a) price / quantity | (b) advertising expenditures / quantity | (c) distance / quantity | (d) distance / advertising expenditures |
in class 23 May | (ii) the multiple regression, answering ... | (h) what happens if FCI increases the rent by 50 and
advertising by 10 + general recommendations |
(g) what happens if an appartment building is located
5 miles further away than the average distance + general recommendations |
(f) what happens if FCI increases the advertising by
10 + general recommendations |
(e) what happens if FCI decreases the rent by 50 + general recommendations |
28 May | ALL Teams present
their PROPOSALS for final presentations ! |
PROPOSAL |
PROPOSAL |
PROPOSAL |
PROPOSAL |
13 June | Each team should prepare one of the papers + deliver a summary in class the summary can be brief but should discuss some regression results ---> |
2) A hedonic analysis of American collectable comic-book prices |
3) Cinema Demand in Germany | 4) Did you follow
the debate about "The 90% question": relationship
between debt and growth, see e.g. a
report in the Economist or "The
Reinhart-Rogoff Reassessment in the Media"? The homework is only about the (reply) paper by Herndon, Ash and Pollin |
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18 / 20 June | no
tasks |
but
YOUR Presentations |
Additional Material:
- Case study I (students' survey)
- Case study I: questionnaire,
homework: presentation
- Formula by P.
Schmidt (German - English)
- Central
Limit Theorem (empty
sheet)
- Suggestions
for Presentation-Topics.doc
- Exam
2006
- Resit Exam 2006/07
Remember that there are also (MC-) tests on the website
of the textbook ...
Case Study: Survey in the Kunsthalle Bremen
(Monet and Camille):
- Presentation van Gogh
- Questionnaire
- Data as Excel-file (7.5 Mb)
or zipped (1.9 Mb)
Links:
Potential Data Sources:
ECB
EC
OECD
World Bank
IMF
WTO
UNCTAD
CIA
Index Mundi
FRED
Data Market
Telegraph
US Energy Administration
BBC
International Property Prices
Worldwide Tax
Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland
Deutsche Bank Research
Statistical Bureau of the European Commission
Journals
Blogs
Statistics:
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