Group Research Project
Full course description
1 Seminar (3 academic hours / week). This seminar will enable the students to experience all steps of the research process—from developing interesting research questions, over hypothesizing, preregistering predictions, applying research methods and designs, implementing and conducting the research project, collecting data, analyzing the data, evaluating the results, writing a scientific paper, and presenting the findings. The student research groups will go through all of these stages under supervision and with the guidance of the professor. By applying their theoretical knowledge and methodological skill sets to their own empirical research project, each group will improve and extend their overall research skills.
Full-time Teachers: Prof. Dr. David Loschelder
The final assessment for this course is a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.
Course objectives
You will gain knowledge and skills in extracting interesting research questions and in transferring those questions to appropriate research designs. You will extend your overall research skills in specified areas of research.
You will improve your social competencies by working in small groups to conduct a research project within one semester. In order to complete the group research project successfully, you are going to learn how to coordinate, organize, and lead teams to complete the research project on time.
Prerequisites
Substantial knowledge in research design and methodology.