Teilnehmerbegrenzung: 20 Teilnehmer. Registrierung über ILIAS notwendig. Bei zu vielen Anmeldungen werden bevorzugt Studierende höherer Semester zugelassen.

This module consists of lectures and exercises in the computer lab. Its emphasis is on the design and execution of socio-economic research that investigates issues of rural or agricultural development in developing countries. The course mainly covers quantitative research methods that are used in development economics and in applied socio-economic research in developing countries.

The particular contents of the module are as follows:

1.  Quantitative research designs in the social sciences
2. The sampling process (constructing sampling frames, sampling procedures, sample size)
3. The measurement of variables and questionnaire design (with group assignment)
4. Data entry and data cleaning (with computer exercises)
5. Overview of statistical instruments
6. Parametric and non-parametric tests (with computer exercises)
7. Principal component analysis (with computer exercises)
8. Linear regression (with computer exercises)
9. Binary response models (with computer exercises)
10. Two-stage Heckman procedure for correcting sample selection bias (with computer exercises)