Introduction to Scientific Methods and Writing

Knowledge:

• Have knowledge about the steps of a research process, from problem locating to report writing.
• Have knowledge on the structure of and formal requirements for a Bachelor thesis / report.
• Have knowledge on searching for and using relevant literature for Bachelor thesis / report.
• Have knowledge on common quantitative studies and simple data analyses.
• Has knowledge on data processing and statistical analysis of data collected by yourself.

Skills:

• Can formulate questions for a project in your field.
• Can use digital tools in quantitative analyses.
• Can interpret quantitative data.
• Can find relevant academic literature.
• Can design and write well-structured reports.

General Competence:

• Can design simple reports based on your own research or literature search.
• Can find and reflect critically upon your own choice of literature of a given topic.
• Can describe and conclude from simple a quantitative data set using descriptive and conclusive statistical methods.