Lecture: Introduction to Experimental Research - Details

Lecture: Introduction to Experimental Research - Details

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General information

Course name Lecture: Introduction to Experimental Research
Course number WIW.07875.01
Semester WiSe 2024/25
Current number of participants 57
Home institute BWL, insb. Unternehmensethik und Controlling
Courses type Lecture in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Next date Tuesday, 14.01.2025 12:00 - 14:00, Room: Großer Hörsaal [WiWi]
The date on Tuesday, 07.01.2025 12:00 - 14:00 has been cancelled.
Comment: Dear participants, as announced in today's lecture, the lecture will not take place on Jan 7. We will start the lecture in the new year on January 14. Best regards
SWS 2
ECTS points 5

Rooms and times

Großer Hörsaal [WiWi]
Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (13x)
Wednesday, 12.02.2025, Wednesday, 26.03.2025 08:30 - 10:30

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Experiments are an important scientific method widely used in research. The course provides an overview about experiments as a methodological approach to generate knowledge in the field of business economics. Hereby, it offers a foundational understanding of experimental economics for conducting research and attending advanced courses using the experimental method.
The purpose of this course is twofold. First, it offers a theoretical introduction to the experimental research and its limitations. Hence, some sessions will provide a profound understanding of the experimental method, e.g., how experiments are conducted and used in business economics. Second, the course will introduce students to some basic methods of statistical analysis such as the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) or Linear Regression Analysis. Through this, students gain insight into how collected data of experiments can be analyzed and how results are interpreted. Based on the lecture, the tutorial will deepen the practical understanding of analyzing data by introducing students to the software Stata.

Learning Objectives:
• Critical reflection on the possibilities and limitations of experimental behavioral research
• Understanding of different experimental research designs
• Repetition and consolidation of basic knowledge in descriptive statistics and inference
• Independent preparation and analysis of data using statistical software

Main Literature:
Carpenter, Jeffrey, Peter Hans Matthews, and John Schirm. 2010. "Tournaments and Office Politics: Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment." American Economic Review, 100 (1): 504-17.
Gravetter, F.J. and Forzano, L.-A.B. (2018) Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences. 6th Edition, Cengage, 2018.
Jacquemet, Nicolas/ l'Haridon, Olivier (2018): Experimental Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kohler, Ulrich / Kreuter, Frauke (2012). Data analysis using Stata. Stata Press, Updated 3rd edition. [German Version: Kohler, Ulrich / Kreuter, Frauke (2016). Datenanalyse mit Stata: Allgemeine Konzepte der Datenanalyse und ihre praktische Anwendung. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.]
Stock, James H. / Watson, Mark W. (2020) Introduction to Econometrics (4th edition). Harlow 2015.
Weimann, Joachim/Brosig-Koch, Jeannette (2019):Methods in experimental economics. Springer International Publishing.