Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Introduction to Research Process (19.IB31)

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Information Security (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field	Information-Communication Systems
ECTS	6

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the research process, as well as to provide them with knowledge necessary to independently define a research problem, to ensure transparent and reproducible research design and to leverage appropriate data collection and analysis methods in order to obtain relevant and valid conclusions. In addition, students will gain necessary competencies to present obtained results to both academic and business audiences.

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to independently define meaningful research questions, design and conduct experiments, interpret and draw valid conclusions based on the obtained results, and finally, present findings of the research in a structured way to peers, scientific and business communities.

Topics covered within the course are: defining research questions, experimental design, dependent, independent and intervening variables, methods of measurement, direct and indirect measurement, reliability, measurement errors, control groups, sampling, reaching conclusions, reporting the results and referencing sources. Students will also be introduced to contemporary tools that can aid them at various research stages.

Lectures and labs, group assignment and oral exam. Lectures will cover theoretical aspects of the course, while the labs will focus on enabling the students to use contemporary software tools to structure a scientific paper and appropriately cite sources used.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Patten, M.; Newhart, M.	Understanding Research Methods: An Overviev of the Essentials	2018	Taylor & Francis	English
Williamson, K.; Johanson, G.	Research Methods: Information, Systems, and Contexts	2017	Elsevier Science and Technology	English