The seminar is dedicated to the study of the quantitative methods that are most relevant to the class. The lecturer will introduce each quantitative method with a short lecture including Stata examples. Strong emphasis will be given to the reading and discussion of peer-reviewed academic articles applying the method. In addition, the students will have to present their own research or a related published article during the semester.

• Intuitively understand a wide range of quantitative methods and relationships between them
• Select the quantitative method that is most appropriate to the research question and available data
• Critically appraise published quantitative research
• Present and motivate own quantitative methods

A minimum of 70% of contact hours.

• The lecturer gives a short introduction to each quantitative method using real-life data examples analyzed with the Stata software
• The students present peer-reviewed articles applying quantitative methods relating to the seminar
• The students present the quantitative methods they apply in their own research in the relevant seminar
• Class discussion of all presentations

Assessments

• Presentation of peer-reviewed research article (35 points)
• Presentation of own quantitative research (35 points)
• Discussion of research articles and student presentations (30 points)

Grades (point ranges)

• 1: Excellent (90-100 points)
• 2: Good (80-89 points)
• 3: Satisfactory (65-79 points)
• 4: Sufficient (50-64 points)
• 5: Fail (0-49 points)

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