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02932 Empirical Research Methods in Informatics |
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| Empiriske Forskningsmetoder i Informatik | Language:
| | Point
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| 5 | Course type:
| Ph.D.- Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
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| Schedule:
| Summer School or
Summer School
The course will be offered as a one week course on demand in the 3-week period
| Scope and form: | Short Lectures, Practical Assignments (Group/Individual), Plenary discussions, Reading at home | Duration of Course:
| [The Course is not following DTUs normal Schedule] | Type of assessment:
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| | Evaluation: | | Optional Prerequisites: | |
| Participants restrictions: | Minimum 5, Maximum: 20 | | | General course objectives:
| After this course participants shoudl be able to get started with own empirical research. |
| Learning objectives: | | A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: | - Overview over existing empirical methods and their respective power and contribution
- Read and understand empirical research papers
- Be able to critically assess research using empirical methods, including review papers
- Assess which empirical methods are appropriate for own PhD/MSc project
- Apply empirical research methods to own research topic
- Plan controlled experiments and surveys
- Run controlled experiments and surveys
- Evaluate controlled experiments and surveys
- Basic understanding of the R system
- Basic understanding of statistics
- Simple analysis of quantitative data using R
- Present empirical findings adequately
| Content:
| - Overview
- Empirical Paradigms in Comparison
- Inception of empirical research
- Execution of empirical research projects
- Analysis of empirical data
- Presentation of research results
Besides lectures, and exercises, students prepare and present a small research project in group work |
| Course literature:
| J. Lazar, J. H. Feng, H. Hochheiser: Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction. Wiley, 2010
C. Wohlin, P. Runeson, M. Höst, M.C. Ohlsson, B. Regnell, A. Wesslén: Experimentation in Software Engineering: An Introduction. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000
S. J. Taylor, R. Bogdan: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods. Wiley, 1984
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| Green challenge participation:
| Please contact the teacher for information on whether this course gives the student the opportunity to prepare a project that may participate in DTU´s Study Conference on sustainability, climate technology, and the environment (GRØN DYST). More information |
| Responsible:
| , 303B, 56, (+45) 4525 3757,
| Department:
| 02 Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modeling | Home page:
| | Registration Sign up:
| At the professor's office | Keywords: | Empirical Reserach |
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| | Last updated:
February 13, 2013 |
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