How To Research Thinking For Writing Any Scientific Paper

Learn the basics of research methods to maximize the success of your thesis, dissertation, or other academic work.

What you'll learn

You understand what research means and how to recognize research.

You will know the basic elements of research projects and be able to formulate them appropriately for your own project.

You can judge which formulations of scientific facts correspond to critical thinking.

You are able to plan empirical research components, distinguishing between qualitative and quantitative methods and outlining an appropriate research design.

You are familiar with the quality criteria of research and academic writing.

Requirements

Already be familiar with Office programs and their functions.

Description

You will work through the basics of research in five chapters.The first chapter "How to Research academically" helps you understand what research is and how to recognize it. You will learn about research approaches and consider questions related to the theory of science: What role do the methods I use play in my findings? How true are the results? Why do you need to learn to falsify, and how do you communicate as a scientist?The second chapter "How to Create the Base Elements" is about understanding the basic elements of any research project, and thus of any research report, and you will learn to formulate them for yourself.In the third chapter "How to Think Critically", I introduce you to the tradition of critical thinking that is always part of science. You will also find back the basic elements and learn to understand how to think critically about them, as well as about everything we ourselves research and present as results.In the fourth chapter "How to Research Empirically", you will encounter important basics of empirical methods used in the social sciences. You will learn about qualitative and quantitative empirical research, and how to combine the two. Of course, there are also lessons on how to generate and to test hypotheses.And in the fifth chapter "How to Comply with Quality Criteria", you will get insights and tips for your personal scientific quality assurance on a total of twelve quality criteria that you should definitely consider when doing research and also when writing your scientific paper, i.e., your research report.These chapters are fundamental for anyone preparing their first academic papers at university, and equally so for anyone preparing to write a dissertation for a doctoral degree.

Overview

Section 1: 0. Introduction

Lecture 1 Overview

Section 2: 1. How to Research Academically

Lecture 2 1.0 Introduction and Qualification Objectives

Lecture 3 Bibliography for this Chapter

Lecture 4 1.1 Your worksheet for this chapter

Lecture 5 1.2 Defining

Lecture 6 1.3 Knowledge as a Goal

Lecture 7 1.4 The Research Approach

Lecture 8 1.5 Methods-driven Results

Lecture 9 1.6 The Truth of the Results

Lecture 10 1.7 Falsification as a Working Principle

Lecture 11 1.8 Science and Communication

Lecture 12 1.9 Constructions of Reality

Lecture 13 1.10 Appropriate Approaches

Section 3: 2. How to Create the Base Elements

Lecture 14 2.0 Introduction

Lecture 15 Bibliography for this Chapter

Lecture 16 2.1 Your Worksheet

Lecture 17 2.2 Connecting the Pillars

Lecture 18 2.3 Your Topic

Lecture 19 2.4 Your Problem Definition

Lecture 20 2.5 Your Research Objective

Lecture 21 2.6 Your Research Question

Lecture 22 2.7 Instruments

Lecture 23 2.8 Your Concluding Chapter

Section 4: 3. How to Think Critically

Lecture 24 3.0 About this Chapter

Lecture 25 Bibliography for this Chapter

Lecture 26 3.1 Introduction and Worksheet

Lecture 27 3.2.1 Finding a Topic

Lecture 28 3.2.2 Research

Lecture 29 3.2.3 The Issue

Lecture 30 3.2.4 Object of Study

Lecture 31 3.2.5 Object of Investigation or Object of Research?

Lecture 32 3.2.6 Research Objective

Lecture 33 3.2.7 Research Question

Lecture 34 3.2.8 Literature selection

Lecture 35 3.2.9 Choice of Methods

Lecture 36 3.2.10 The Analyses

Lecture 37 3.2.11 Statements and Data

Lecture 38 3.2.12 Our Results

Lecture 39 3.2.13 Theory Building, Hypotheses and Solution Approaches

Lecture 40 3.3 In Conclusion

Section 5: 4. How to Research Empirically

Lecture 41 4.0 Introduction

Lecture 42 Bibliography for this Chapter

Lecture 43 4.1 Your Worksheet

Lecture 44 4.2a Basic Principles for Empirical Work

Lecture 45 4.2b Induction and Deduction

Lecture 46 4.2c Gaining Knowledge in Science

Lecture 47 4.2d Empirical Data

Lecture 48 4.2e Empirical Methods

Lecture 49 4.3a Quantitative Empirical Research

Lecture 50 4.3b Quantitative Methods

Lecture 51 4.3c Quantitative Approach

Lecture 52 4.3d Phases of the Quantitative Research Process

Lecture 53 4.4a Qualitative Empirical Research

Lecture 54 4.4b Qualitative Methodologies

Lecture 55 4.4c Qualitative Approach

Lecture 56 4.4d Summary

Lecture 57 4.5a Combining Procedures

Lecture 58 4.5b Comparing both Research Processes separately

Lecture 59 4.5c Which Research Process Model to work with?

Lecture 60 4.5d Mixed Methods

Lecture 61 4.6a Definitions

Lecture 62 4.6b Induction, Abduction, and Deducation

Lecture 63 4.6c Critical Rationalism

Lecture 64 4.6d Verification and Falsification

Lecture 65 4.6e Search for Truth

Lecture 66 4.6f Basis Set Problem and Correspondence Problem

Lecture 67 4.6g Provability of a Theory

Lecture 68 4.6h Exhaustion

Lecture 69 4.6i The Qualitative Paradigm

Lecture 70 4.7a Working with Hypotheses

Lecture 71 4.7b Implementation Stages

Lecture 72 4.7c Types of Hypotheses

Lecture 73 4.7d Working with Null Hypotheses

Lecture 74 4.7e Direction and Strength

Lecture 75 4.8 In Conclusion

Section 6: 5. How to Comply with Quality Criteria

Lecture 76 5.0 Introduction and Worksheet

Lecture 77 5.1 Purposefulness

Lecture 78 5.2 Specificity

Lecture 79 5.3 Relevance

Lecture 80 5.4 Logic

Lecture 81 5.5 Comprehensibility

Lecture 82 5.6 Honesty

Lecture 83 5.7 Verifiability

Lecture 84 5.8 Transparency

Lecture 85 5.9 Validity

Lecture 86 5.10 Reliability

Lecture 87 5.11 Significance

Lecture 88 5.12 Representativeness

Section 7: To conclude this course

Lecture 89 Goodbye and outlook

This course is designed for first-year students, but also for anyone who wants to move toward a more inquiry-based, science-based approach to thinking and acting.,It can also help prepare for the demands of graduate study.