Methodology of Scientific Work
- Credits: 10
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 16sP
- Semester: winter
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Commerce
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Included in study programs
Teaching results
The successful graduate of the course will acquire knowledge mainly about:
- the structure of a scientific article and a final thesis in economics with particular focus on international business, as well as the standard content of their individual parts,
- principles of elaboration of a scientific article and a final thesis in economics, i.e., in international business,
- work with scientific literature and creation of structured reviews of literature,
- creation of research design and interpretation of results,
- logistic regression and sophisticated regression models such as spatial Durbin models,
- qualitative and quantitative approaches to solving the research question in the field of international business.
Successful graduates of the course will acquire skills mainly in:
- application of acquired knowledge while drafting own scientific papers,
- critical assessment of scientific papers of peers in the field of international business in particular, and economics in general,
- application of sophisticated methods in scientific work such as spatial analysis and logistic regression,
- effective reading of scientific work and creation of structured reviews of literature,
- fast reading of scientific articles and efficient creation of literature reviews,
- analytical work in statistical software Matlab and Stata.
Successful graduates of the course will acquire competences mainly in:
- presentation of own scientific work in front of the peers at academic for a,
- building of own research profile in academic social networks,
- argumentation in scientific group discussions,
- science dissemination.
Indicative content
The class content is aligned with the structure of a final PhD thesis and contains the following parts:
• Literature review and formulating a research question, determining the aims.
• Selection of variables and determining the sample.
• Methodological approach to the research question both quantitative- and qualitative-wise.
• Summary of research results and their visualization.
• Discussion with the results and robustness checks.
• Concluding remarks.
The students will get acquainted via study and analysis of papers published in frontline international scientific journals with content of individual parts of a scientific paper (introduction, abstract, literature review, aims, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion) and will critically assess the parts using the selected papers.
Support literature
COOPER, D. R. & SCHINDLER, P. S. Business Research Methods. (10. vydanie). New
York : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008. 746 s. ISBN: 978-007—126333-7.
MICHALOVÁ, V. a kol. Vedecká tvorba a vedecká komunikácia. Vybrané aspekty zásad a
metód. Bratislava: Vyd. EKONÓM, 2011. 174 s. ISBN 978-80-225-3255-6.
PUŠKÁROVÁ, Paula. Elementárium ekonomického výskumu. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2019. 101 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4647-8.
SILVERMAN, D. 2005. Ako robiť kvalitatívny výskum. Bratislava. IKAR, 2005. 327 s. ISBN
80-5510904-4.
Články:
PUŠKÁROVÁ, Paula. Methodological Dichotomy in the Studies of Knowledge Spillovers: CEE Region Under Focus. In Knowledge Spillovers in Regional Innovation Systems : A Case Study of CEE Regions. - Cham : Springer, 2018, pp. 253-286.
PUŠKÁROVÁ, Paula. Analýza vplyvu ľudského kapitálu na celkovú produktivitu faktorov v regiónoch EÚ modelom SDM. In Politická ekonomie : teorie, modelování, aplikace. - Praha : Vysoká škola ekonomická. 2015, roč. 63, č. 5, s. 658-674.
PUŠKÁROVÁ, Paula - PIRIBAUER, Philipp. The Impact of knowledge spillovers on total factor productivity revisited: new evidence from selected European capital regions. In Economic Systems. 2016, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 335–344.
PUŠKÁROVÁ, Paula - DANCÁKOVÁ, Ivana. Malthus Is Still Breathing: Environmental Concerns and Attitudes Towards Immigration in Europe. In Mondes en développement. - Liége : Cairn.info. 2018, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 65-81.
PUŠKÁROVÁ, Paula - GURNÍKOVÁ, Jana. The Research and development performance of various EU social regimes. - Registrovaný: Scopus. In Comparative Economic Research : Central& Eastern Europe. - Warsaw : De Gruyter. 2013, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 23-38.
Syllabus
• Research Design Fundamentals / Introduction, Literature review, Research questions. • Concepts and Variables, Selection Bias. • Building Qualitative Research Designs / Descriptive Statistics. • Building Qualitative Research Designs / Inferences & Sampling. • Logistic regression models. • Spatial analysis. • Interpretation of scientific results, discussion, conclusion, limits of research. • Ethics in publication, science dissemination, tactics of research profile building.
Requirements to complete the course
20% assignments (2 assignments x 10 points),
20% written exam,
60% final paper
Student workload
Total study load (in hours): 260 hours (10 ECTS x 26 hours)
Lectures and seminar participation: 32 hours
Preparation for lectures and seminars: 32 hours
Written homework assignments: 37 hours
Elaboration of final paper: 90 hours
Preparation for written exam: 67 hours
Consultation regarding final paper: 2 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 02.04.2023
Date of the latest change: 16.01.2022