Research Design and Scientific Methods in Business Research

Research Design and Scientific Methods in Business Research comprehensively covers research design and how to plan, carry out, and evaluate research through the process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data to generate knowledge. The chosen design will guide and influence the research process, how data is collected and analyzed, how findings are presented, and what claims we can make about reliability and validity. Research design involves science, handicraft and sometimes art, grounded firmly in existing knowledge and theoretical considerations.

The aim of this course is to present major design types and examine the various elements that characterizes them. In this course we cover a wide range of designs relevant for business research, instead of just focusing on a limited subset. Our goal with providing such a broad view of the research process is that it will allow Ph.D. students to recognize strengths and weaknesses of empirical research and to apply this in the design of their own Ph.D projects.

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Course coordinator: Professor Jan-Oddvar Sørnes

Faculty: Professor Frank Lindberg, Associate Professor Maria Bogren, Associate Professor Oleg Nenadic, Professor Markus Fitza, Professor Tommy Clausen.