Performing Scientific Research (NYT)

This course teaches students how to perform research. It is aimed at Bachelor and Master students who want to understand the process of science and write a scientific thesis. It is also suitable to Ph.D. students who missed such education.

The course consists of three main parts:

• An introduction to science,
• A methodology and methods part, and
• A how-to-write part.

The overall linear sequence of slide decks and videos is more fine grain than the usual 90min. sessions and can be combined in different ways.

Please note that this (rather old) course is in need of updating and has yet to be fully converted and published. Hopefully, I’ll be done after the WS 2020/21.

Overview

Session	Content	Duration
A01	Course introduction	12min.
A02	Course schedule	12min.
B01	Science in context	30min.
B02	Science illustrated	13min.
B03	Paper example	17min.
B04	Summary example	12min.
B05	Review example	8min.
C01	Science defined	52min.
C02	Research process	23min.
C03	Research question	23min.
C04	Literature review	30min.
C05	Contributions	20min.
C06	Research ethics	30min.
D01	Theory building	50min.
D02	The qualitative survey	–
D03	Grounded theory	–
D04	Case study research	–
E01	Theory validation	–
E02	Controlled experiments (Janet Siegmund)	85min.
E03	Survey research	–
F01	Research papers	22min.
F02	Good writing style	18min.
F03	Paper opening	28min.
F04	Related work	9min.
F05	Contributions	25min.
F06	Paper closing	11min.
G01	Paper publishing	30min.
G02	Publishing in journals	22min.
G03	Publishing in conferences	27min.
G04	Peer review	39min.
G05	The publishing business	49min.
H01	Course conclusions	–

Materials

Lecture slides
YouTube playlist

License

Unless specified otherwise, the NYT course materials are licensed under the CreativeCommons CC BY 4.0 International license.