CC 503: Empirical Methods: Business Analytics I

Contents
Theoretical foundations of empirical research. Statistical foundations of empirical research (key summary statistics, important theoretical probability distributions, hypothesis testing methodology, and key test statistics). Introduction to qualitative empirical research. Introduction to experimental empirical research. Introduction to survey-based empirical research. Introduction to empirical research based on secondary data.

Learning outcomes
Participants understand the epistemological possibilities and limitations of empirical research in the domain of business administration. Participants are capable of describing a dataset using appropriate summary statistics and test simple hypotheses about the structure of the data. Participants know the general approach to conducting qualitative studies, experimental studies, survey-based studies, and studies based on secondary data. Participants understand fundamental methods for analyzing causal relations­hips (particularly ANOVA and analysis of regression). They can correctly interpret results from these methods.

Necessary prerequisites
Not taken CC 502

Recommended prerequisites
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Examiner Performing lecturer

Prof. Dr. Arnd Vomberg Prof. Dr. Arnd Vomberg