Dual Bachelor in Law and Political Science (Study Plan 2018) (Plan: 413 - Estudio: 232)
Coordinating teacher: SANTIAGO CABALLERO, CARLOS
Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department
Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS
Course: 1º
Semester: 1º
Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
No previous courses are required.
Objectives
This course explains students how academic research is carried out. The course will analyse all the aspects and steps required , from choosing a topic to focusing in a question, making hypotheses, theoretical frameworks, obtaining data, choosing methods and presenting the results.
Description of contents: programme
1. Basic Concepts of a Research Project
2. Choosing a Topic and Defining a Researchable Question
3. Establishing Theoretical Framework and Working Hypotheses
4. Types of Data and Sources
5. Data Collection and Analysis Methods
6. Statistical Software: From Excel to R
7. Presentation of Results
8. Fact-Check Presentations
9. Research Project Presentation Workshops
Learning activities and methodology
The course will be based in a first part including mainly theoretical lectures and a second part including workshops where the students will work with the concepts learnt. This second part will occupy most of the times, as this course is mainly a workshop to understand, learn and apply how academic research works.
Assessment System
% end-of-term-examination/test 0
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100
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