Welcome to
Economic
Research Methods
ISEB
Peter Schmidt
Spring 2013
schmidt-bremen.de
-> Research Meth's
WHY
study
(Economic)
Research Methods
What‘s it about ?
Contents
 Introduction(s)
 Research Methods
 Lecturer
 Students
 …
(via teamwork discussion and presentation)
Learning Targets
 Dealing with data
 Statistical models
 Practical experience
 Academic Research
– Literature sources
– structure and format of academic work
 …
Learning Outcomes
 After completion of this module students shall have
essentially improved their individual communication
skills, self-confidence and effectiveness in rhetoric
activities and are able to professionally apply
presentation, moderation and negotiation
techniques.
 Students shall also be able to apply statistical
tools and concepts needed in economic and
business applications and use statistical models as
an aid in managerial decision making
Learning Targets:
Content
 “Quantitative Methods” enables students to analyze
data and apply statistical analyses. Topics include:
 Presentation and interpretation of descriptive
measures,
 applications of probability and the normal distribution in
order to be able to properly apply confidence interval
estimation and hypothesis testing.
 The students shall be able to use simple and multiple
regression models as well as time series analysis to
applied cases from Economics and Business.
Who am I
Peter Schmidt
Economics
& Statistics
ZEW
Zentrum für Europäische
Wirtschaftsforschung Mannheim
market . research . culture
markt . forschung . kultur
You
 are highly motivated students 
 have to carry your individual workload:
Contents
 Introduction(s)
 Research Methods
 Lecturer
 Students
 …
 Let’s get started