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49855-01 - Tutorial: Research Methods in Social and Political Science (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Daniel Höhmann (daniel.hoehmann@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The tutorial will primarily serve to deepen the understanding of the principles and methods introduced during the course "Research Methods in Social and Political Science". In particular, the tutorials will give you a thorough introduction to R and illustrate how the different concepts and models introduced during the lecture can be implemented in R. Participation in the tutorials is not mandatory, but strongly recommended. Particularly, if this is your first statistics class or if you have no prior experience with R, please use this opportunity to ask questions and to practice what you have learned during the lecture. The lab sessions are very important for your personal progress and for your ability to complete the problem sets (and to work with R, as the first three weeks in the lab sessions are used to bring students up to speed with that software). Students studying political science are required to go to the lab sessions, which earns them an extra 2 credit points. |
| Comments | The tutorial starts in the SECOND week of the semester. Participation in the tutorials is not mandatory (except for political science students), but strongly recommended. Particularly, if this is your first statistics class or if you have no prior experience with R, please use this opportunity to ask questions and to practice what you have learned during the lecture. The lab sessions are very important for your personal progress and for your ability to complete the problem sets (and to work with R, as the first three weeks in the lab sessions are used to bring students up to speed with that software). Students studying political science are required to go to the lab sessions, which earns them an extra 2 credit points. If there are more students than places, priority will be given to students of Political Science. |
| Course application | |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 08.15-09.45 | Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Seminarraum 02.004 |
Dates
| Modules |
Modul: Empirische Forschungsmethoden der Politikwissenschaft und der Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Preparation Master's Thesis in Social Sciences (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Societal Approaches (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | To pass the tutorial, students have to complete two problem sets. The problem sets include basic analytical and statistical problems. For the most part, the problem sets involve hands-on data analysis using R. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft |