Summary: Research Methods For Analyzing Complex Problems

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• 1 Week 1

• 1.1 Lecture 1a Intro PS, RO, RQ

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• How to design real world research?

  1) Objective
  2)Answer/ conclusion 
  
  Openminded/ Curious  ==> normal to feel uncomfortable sometimes
  Iterative proces // there is always a protocol

•  What is the most important characteristic for a good research topic & what are 3 normal characteristics?

  Work area & knowledge area has to be a good mix between familiar and unfamiliar
  - Interesting 
  - Meets academic requirements
  - Accessible information, material & data

• What are 3 research disasters looking for a research topic; so avoid this

  - Too big 
  - Too rival 
  - Lack in resource materials and people

• What are quality criteria for effective Research Objective?

  URFCI
  Useful (relevance)
  Realistic
  Feasible (time, knowledge, resources)
  Clear
  Informative

• Explain what a research objective is with the terms internal & external objective.

  The research objective is .(a). By .(b). 
  A research objective guides a study’s direction and purpose. 
  
  (a) = External objective; Contribution of your research project to solution of the problem/ what results can be expected. 
  
  (b) = Internal objective; The way in which this will be done/ the insights, information, knowledge needed. 
  
  'b' provides an indication of the kind of knowledge, information and/ or insights that is needed to meet 'a'
  
  These objectives help in shaping the research questions and methodologies.

• For what is literature review a precondition?

  Substantive and deep sophisticated research

• What are the 5 chapters of a research paper?

  1. Introduction
  2. Contextual background
  3. Theoretical background
  4. Conceptual framework
  5. Methodologie

• What do you find in contextual background?

  What you need to know about the context

• A conceptual framework can be? (4x)

  1. An existing framework, that exactly fits
  2. Combination/ integration of different frameworks
  3. Create your own model from literature
  4. Framework that emerges from data

• 1.2 Lecture 1b Intro PS, RO, RQ

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• What can you say about the positions of science and policy when you have an unstructured problem?

  Science seen a problem recognizer & Policy as learning