About Course
- Foundations of Economic Research
- Meaning, purpose and importance of economic research
- Types and approaches to research
- Variables and economic concepts
- Theory, evidence and causality
- The economic research process
- Research Problems, Questions, Objectives and Literature Review
- Identifying and defining research problems
- Research questions and objectives
- Research hypotheses
- Literature searching and review
- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks
- Research Design and Methodology
- Research designs
- Experimental and quasi-experimental research
- Surveys and questionnaires
- Case studies and field research
- Mixed-methods research
- Data Sources, Sampling and Measurement
- Primary and secondary data
- Population and sampling
- Sampling techniques
- Sample size and sampling errors
- Measurement, reliability and validity
- Descriptive Statistics and Data Presentation
- Data organisation and cleaning
- Measures of central tendency
- Measures of dispersion
- Tables, charts and graphs
- Probability and statistical inference
- Econometrics and Regression Analysis
- Introduction to econometrics
- Simple linear regression
- Multiple linear regression
- Regression assumptions and diagnostics
- Time-series and panel-data concepts
- Research Ethics, Data Management and Privacy
- Principles of research ethics
- Informed consent
- Confidentiality and data protection
- Research misconduct and conflicts of interest
- Data management and reproducible research
- Qualitative Economic and Policy Research
- Foundations of qualitative research
- Interviews and focus groups
- Observation and document analysis
- Coding and thematic analysis
- Writing qualitative findings
- Policy Analysis, Programme Evaluation and Impact Assessment
- Public policy analysis
- Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Impact evaluation
- Communicating policy evidence
- Research Proposal, Report Writing and Dissemination
- Structure of a research proposal
- Research report writing
- Academic writing and referencing
- Research presentation and defence
- Research findings, recommendations and dissemination
Course Content
Foundations of Economic Research
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LESSON 1: MEANING AND PURPOSE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
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Lesson 1 quiz
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LESSON 2: TYPES AND APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC RESEARCH
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Lesson 2 quiz
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LESSON 3: VARIABLES AND ECONOMIC CONCEPTS
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Lesson 3 quiz
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LESSON 4: THEORY, EVIDENCE AND CAUSALITY
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Lesson 4 quiz
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LESSON 5: THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH PROCESS AND QUALITY STANDARDS
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Lesson 5 quiz