Research Seminar "Quantitative Methods"

Master 2024/2025

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Compulsory course (Comparative Social Research)

Area of studies: Sociology

Delivered by: School of Sociology

Where: Faculty of Social Sciences

When: 2 year, 1-3 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Anna Almakaeva

Master’s programme: Comparative Soсial Research

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

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Abstract

The course on master thesis writing is designed to provide students with a thoughtful understanding of what are the main steps and procedures of quantitative social research and how they are linked to the different parts of master thesis.

Learning Objectives

To study various styles and formats of writing a MA CSR thesis. • To study various steps and chapterization styles in writing a MA CSR thesis. To learn various formats, procedures, conceptual usage, and associated argumentation styles in writing a MA CSR thesis.

Expected Learning Outcomes

be able to conduct analysis according to research questing
be able to find and review papers on the subject of MA thesis
be able to interpret data and draw conclusions
be able to provide a nice visualization
know the basic principles of academic ethics
know the rules of writing master thesis
to be able to put forward correct research question and identify the novelty of the MA thesis
be able to put forward the correct research question and identify the novelty of the MA thesis
Have skills in writing the research proposal for master thesis
to be able to collect and describe data
Learning various styles and formats that enhance and shape MA CSR thesis writing styles and abilities
Learning ways of organizing a thesis in different chapterization styles and formats
Learning to apply various formats, procedures, concepts, and argumentation styles in thesis and paper writing

Course Contents

Research question
How to Write a Good Master’s Thesis
Research methodology
Proposal structure
Structure of the master thesis
Introduction
Literature review
Data and methods
Results
Discussion and conclusion
Visualization

Assessment Elements

Presentation
Chapter text
Pre-defence
Pre-defence of master thesis
Class activity
Comments and reviews of the MA thesis of students

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 3rd module
0.1 * Chapter text + 0.2 * Class activity + 0.4 * Pre-defence + 0.3 * Presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Core data analysis : summarization, correlation, and visualization, Mirkin, B., 2019
Longman academic writing series, level 5 : essays to research papers, Meyers, A., 2014
Qualitative inquiry & research design : choosing among five approaches, Creswell, J. W., 2013
Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, Creswell, J. W., 2014
Writing research papers from essay to research paper : student book, Zemach, D. E., 2011

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Core concepts in data analysis: summarization, correlation and visualization, Mirkin, B., 2011
Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, Creswell, J.W., 2009
Writing research papers : a complete guide, Lester, J. D., 2012

Authors

MITROFANOVA EKATERINA SERGEEVNA
ALMAKAEVA ANNA Mikhailovna

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