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§6(1)1.b. SE Dissertationsseminar 2 (2 / 5)

Students are able to present and discuss the exposé and preliminary report of their dissertation publicly in front of the department. They are capable of individually reasoning, questioning and, if necessary, correcting issues in order to empirically review their hypotheses and study indicators.

1.    State of research and research questions

2.    Research designs

3.    Methods of data collection

4.    Methods of data analysis

Readings, presentations, discussion, stepwise development of own research proposal

some small-scale writing exercises, own research concept

Halperin, Sandra and Oliver Heath (2012): Political Research. Methods and Practical Skills. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Powner, Leanne C. (2015). Empirical Research and Writing. A Political Science Student’s Practical Guide. London: Sage.

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