Data-based business management
level of course unit
Bachelor
Learning outcomes of course unit
The students
• know different forms of scientific knowledge acquisition and are able to formulate empirical research questions appropriately.
• are able to plan and apply methodological procedures in the research process.• are able to design and apply appropriate selection, collection, processing and evaluation procedures.
• know the quality criteria of quantitative and qualitative social research and are able to apply them correctly in the context of the seminar and bachelor theses to be written.
• are able to structure and compile larger data sets using a spreadsheet program.
• are able to analyze statistical data using a spreadsheet program.
• have basic knowledge of quantitative methods in economics and basic knowledge of statistical methods and procedures for describing and analyzing economic data.
• are able to apply descriptive statistics and selected test procedures.
prerequisites and co-requisites
none
recommended or required reading
• Bamberg, G., Baur, F., & Krapp, M. (2022). Statistik: Eine Einführung für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
• Braunecker, C. (2021). How to do empirische Sozialforschung: Eine Gebrauchsanleitung. Wien: Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandel AG.
• Häder, M. (2019). Empirische Sozialforschung: Eine Einführung. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag.
• Schira, J. (2021). Statistische Methoden der VWL und BWL: Theorie und Praxis. München: Pearson Deutschland GmbH.
• Sibbertsen, P., & Lehne, H. (2021). Statistik: Einführung für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
assessment methods and criteria
• Final Exam and
• Quiz
language of instruction
German
number of ECTS credits allocated
4
eLearning quota in percent
25
course-hours-per-week (chw)
3.5
planned learning activities and teaching methods
25 % of the event is covered by eLearning. A combination between online phases (inductive method for the independent acquisition of knowledge and the practice of tasks) and presence phases (deductive method, in which assistance is given in the learning process and knowledge is imparted via frontal lectures) is used.
semester/trimester when the course unit is delivered
1
name of lecturer(s)
Prof. (FH) Dr. Dr. Mario Situm
course unit code
FIN 1
type of course unit
integrated lecture
mode of delivery
Compulsory
work placement(s)
not applicable