645309 UE Sources and Studies in Economic and Social History: Statistical methods for the conclusion and analysis of quantitative sources

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645309
UE Sources and Studies in Economic and Social History: Statistical methods for the conclusion and analysis of quantitative sources
UE 1
2,5
weekly
each semester
German

Acquisition of skills for dealing with historic sources and studies critically, as well as thecompetence to present the newly-gained knowledge verbally and/or in writing; Acquisition of the competence to apply methods of auxiliary sciences.

Discussion of quantitative sources of the economical and social history, in particular statistics and databases, based on primary and secondary sources as well as scientific literature.

Participation, practical exercises, group work, discussion and criticism of the examples presented, writing a source comment.

Active participation, group work, practical exercises and written presentation of source-critical considerations on a quantitative source in the subject of economic and social history (approx. 5 pages).

Elisabeth Dietrich, Wolfgang Meixner, Quellenstudium in der historischen Forschung, in: Theo Hug (Hg.), Wie kommt Wissenschaft zu Wissen? Bd. 1: Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, Hohengehren 2001, S. 127-143.

Bettina Heintz, Welterzeugung durch Zahlen. Modelle politischer Differenzierung in internationalen Statistiken, 1948-2010, in: Soziale Systeme 18 (2012), Heft 1+2, S. 7-39.

Martin, Lengwiler, Zahlen als Argument: Quantifizierende Methoden in der historischen Forschung, in: Martin Lengwiler, Praxisbuch Geschichte: Einführung in die historischen Methoden, Zürich: Orell Füssli 2011, S. 153-176.

Ernst Pitz, Entstehung und Umfang statistischer Quellen in der vorindustriellen Zeit, in: Historische Zeitschrift 223 (1976), Heft 1, S. 1-39.

Helmut Thome, Grundkurs Statistik für Historiker. Teil I: Deskriptive Statistik, in: Historical Social Research. Supplement vol. 2 (1989).

Additional titles will be announced at the various units of the lecture and in the seminar reserve(Semesterapparat).

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Date Time Location
Wed 2023-10-04
15.30 - 17.00 Benutzerraum 4 Benutzerraum 4
Wed 2023-10-11
15.30 - 17.00 Benutzerraum 4 Benutzerraum 4
Wed 2023-10-18
15.30 - 17.00 Benutzerraum 4 Benutzerraum 4
Wed 2023-10-25
15.30 - 17.00 Benutzerraum 4 Benutzerraum 4
Wed 2023-11-08
15.30 - 17.00 Benutzerraum 4 Benutzerraum 4
Wed 2023-11-15
15.30 - 17.00 Benutzerraum 4 Benutzerraum 4
Wed 2023-11-22
15.30 - 17.00 Benutzerraum 4 Benutzerraum 4