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Lecturer(s)
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Cudlínová Eva, doc. Ing. CSc.
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Macháček Martin, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
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Rikoon James Sanford, prof.
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Course content
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- Science and methods of scientific research Empirical and logical methods. Normative and positive approach. Finding a research topic in economic disciplines. - Creation of methodology, including the selection of scientific literature as a theoretical basis for research work - Search in electronic information sources Search query formulation, search preparation and search strategy, search in bibliographic and full-text databases, relevance of search results, WOS and JCR databases. - Introduction to electronic information resources Access to electronic information sources, overview and characteristics of available databases. Copyright law, copyright ethics and plagiarism - Creation of literature review Principles of citation ethics. Tools for quoting and creating personal files, EndNote Web tool and citation generator. - Formulation of research question and hypothesis - Analysis of quantitative data Processing of research results. - Research planning Use of secondary data. Collection of primary data through observation, interview, questionnaire survey. - Principles of writing a scientific article Structuring a scientific article, abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, model, hypotheses, data, results, discussion, conclusions, list of references/ bibliography. Scientific article writing style. - Principles of presentation of scientific work Analysis and evaluation of selected articles and presentations. - Research funding Grant system, search for grants and partners in various grant databases. - Project preparation and submission phase Methodology of project writing, budget planning and work intensity (number of person-hours/ person-months).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to provide DSP students with the necessary methodic and methodological knowledge in the following areas: economic science and methods of scientific research in economics, work with scientific literature, planning and implementation of own research, principles of presentation and publication of scientific papers, principles of dissertation writing, principles of preparation and submission of a scientific project.
During the professional discussion and presentations, students will gain the habits of scientific lectures and feedback on their methodology and literary research. Students will gain knowledge of electronic information sources, work with citation index and the necessary skills for effective search for relevant documents for scientific work. They will gain basic information related to the submission of scientific projects, including preparation, searching for relevant topics of calls to the writing of the application proposal itself.
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Prerequisites
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Students will be acquainted with the process of research work, its timing. They will learn to work with professional scientific literature so that they are able to describe the state of knowledge in a given scientific field. After completing the course, they will be able to determine research questions and hypotheses of their work and define their benefits for theory and practice. Students will also be acquainted with the methods of primary research and methods of quantitative and qualitative research and the use of their combination.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Credit requirements: Elaboration of a seminar project, where the methodological approach of scientific work will be developed in connection with the topic of the dissertation. The output is an overview of possible methods by which the chosen topic of the dissertation can be solved, which is supplemented by the chosen method that will be used in the work, including justification of its choice, application and benefits to solve the problem. The seminar project meets the requirements for scientific work. The length of the text is up to 20 pages. Participation in the seminar Methodology of Scientific Work organized by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in the range of 30 hours.
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Recommended literature
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Bell, J., Waters, S. Doing your research project: A guide for first-time researchers. New York: McGraw Hill Education, 2018. ISBN 9780335243389.
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Bryman, A., Bell, E. Business research methods. Fourth edition. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 9780199668649.
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Gastel, B., Day, R. A. How to write and publish a scientific paper. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, 2016. ISBN 9781440842627.
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Palsson Syll, L. On the Use and Misuse of Theories and Models in Mainstream Economics. London, Rickmansworth: College Publications, 2016. ISBN 9781848901841.
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Saunders, M.N.K., Lewis, P., Thornhill, A. Research methods for business students. New York: Pearson, 2019. ISBN 9781292208787.
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Varian, H.R. How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time. The American Economist 61(1), 2016.
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