Seminar "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Lehren"

15.11.2010 - Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten


Technical Information

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Basics of Scientific Research

Nach: Frank Trixler, Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Methodische Grundlagen und Aufbau von Veröffentlichungen, 2008

How To Conduct an Experiment

(Following slides based on I. Scott MacKenzie's tutorial at CHI 2008)
Think
    • Literature Research
    • Discuss Theory
    • Conduct Pre-studies
Design
    • State Hypothesis
    • Create Prototype
    • Plan Experiment
Measure
    • Conduct Experiment
    • Collect Data
    • Document Test Conditions
Analyze & Publish
    • Review collected data
    • Apply Significance Tests
    • Interprete Results
    • Document Study and Results

Example:


Research Questions

Hypothesis

Specification


Internal vs. External Validity

Researching

Basic Rules of Scientific Writing

Scientific Approach

Why you should correctly cite sources

Be critical

Be critical

Be critical

Links