prx555 - Research design and methodology (Complete module description)

Module label	Research design and methodology
Module code	prx555
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law
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Responsible persons	Rebmann, Karin (module responsibility) Slopinski, Andreas (Module counselling) Rebmann, Karin (authorised to take exams) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module	Students … plan their own empirical study in the field of vocational education and training develop and justify a survey and pretest the survey instrument present, discuss and reflect the results of the pre-test choose an analysis procedure and give reasons for their choice
Module contents	This module concentrates on the development of an empirical survey in the field of vocational education and training. The work within the module can be connected to survey drafts which have been developed in the module pb026 “Research in vocational education and training”. The seminar and the tutorial support especially the following research tasks: planning methods (setting up an research plan), conception of a research design including the development of survey instruments, planning and conducting pre-tests, data analysis, presenting and reflecting research results.
Recommended reading	Bortz, J. & Döring, N. (2006). Forschungsmethoden und Evaluation für Human- und Sozialwissenschaftler (4th edition). Berlin: Springer. Bühner, M. (2006). Einführung in die Test- und Fragebogenkonstruktion. München: Pearson. Diekmann, A. (2011). Empirische Sozialforschung (5th edition). Reinbek: Rowohlt. Flick, U. (2009). Qualitative Sozialforschung. Reinbek: Rowohlt. Häder, M. (2006). Empirische Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Kuckartz, U. (2010). Einführung in die computergestützte Analyse qualitativer Daten. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Raithel, J. (2006). Quantitative Forschung: Ein Praxiskurs. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Scholl, A. (2003). Die Befragung. Konstanz: UVK.
Links	http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/bwp
Language of instruction	German
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	Annual
Module capacity	unlimited
Type of module	je nach Studiengang Pflicht oder Wahlpflicht
Module level	MM-PB (Professionalisierungsbereichsmodul im Master)
Teaching/Learning method	Projekt
Previous knowledge	Berufsbildungsforschung (pb026)

Type of course	SWS	Workload of compulsory attendance
Tutorial	2	28
Seminar	2	28
Total module attendance time		56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module		PS Alternative form of examination in the winter semester 2019/2020: seminar paper