156-0361/01 – Introduction to economic research (UEV)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Applied EconomicsCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBASubject version guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
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BAL112 doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA
FIL03 Ing. Lenka Johnson Filipová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

• formulate and operationalize the research question / hypothesis • identify a relevant population and define a sample of observations • select a suitable data source and a tool for data gathering • prepare data for processing • use basic data processing methods • interpret and present results • learn to work with Stata software

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Summary

Students will acquire the basic skills needed for analyzing, writing research reports and presenting their results and recommendations. During the semester students will be gradually acquainted with the individual phases of economic research.

Compulsory literature:

De Vaus, David (2013). Surveys in social research. 6th ed. London: Taylor & Francis Ltd. ISBN 0415530180. Minot, N. (2009). Using STATA for Survey Data Analysis. Washington: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Recommended literature:

Nussbaumer Knaflic, C. (2015). Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals. 1st ed. New York: Wiley. ISBN 1119002257.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

https://lms.vsb.cz/course/view.php?id=87977

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Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

• The nature of economic research and its basic limitations, forms of research (descriptive, experiment, ...) • Formulation of problems, research questions, hypotheses and their operationalization, validity and reliability of variables • Population and sample decisions, representativeness and sample weights • The importance of pilot studies, their forms, sources of information for these studies • Sources of statistical data, data collection techniques (observation, interview, questionnaire, document analysis, ...) and their limitations • Design of data gathering tools (observation sheets, questionnaire, ...), principles of questions formulation, verification of data gathering tools • Data gathering and preparation for further processing (data control, preparation of variables, missing observation problem, etc.) • Types of variables (categorical, ordinal, interval), basic methods of statistical analysis (crosstables, Chi2 test, correlation) • Basic methods of statistical analysis (hypothesis testing, cluster analysis, factor analysis) • Principles of writing analyses, types of research outputs (monograph, article, research report, study, ...), formal requirements and citation standards • Academic writing (structure of written text, content of individual parts of the analysis, principles of written speech) • Graphic representation of information, charts and figures • Principles of presentation of research results (preparation of presentation, verbal speech, non-verbal speech) • Statistical Data Analysis Software (STATA, R, SPSS)

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Summer semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit Credit 100 (100) 51 3
        Seminární práce Semestral project 100  51
Mandatory attendence participation: 85% attendance

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2020/2021 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S02) Economic Development P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S02) Economic Development P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2020/2021 Summer