Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Principles of Research Practice (17.IZMI12)

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

General information:

Category	Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field	Ljudski resursi i komunikacije Information-Communication Systems
ECTS	4

The aim of this course is to introduce students to contemporary research methods and elements of the research process, as well as to provide them with knowledge necessary to independently engage in different research activities (such as defining research questions, experiment design, data gathering and analysis, drawing conclusions and results presentation).

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 and scientific community.

Topics covered within the course are: defining research questions, experimental design, research 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: LaTEX, MS Word, Mendeley.

Lectures and labs, an individual assignment and oral exam. Lectures will cover theoretical aspects of the course, while the study research work will focus on enabling the students to use LaTEX, MS Word and Mendeley to structure a scientific paper and appropriately cite sources used.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Berger, Raymond M. Patcher, Michael A.	Planing for Research	1988	Sage Publications	English
McFarlan, F. Warren	The Information Systems Research Challeng	1985	Harward Business School Press	English
Uwe Flick	Designing Qualitative Research	2018	SAGE	English
Stefan Kottwitz	LaTeX Beginners Guide	2011	Packt Publishing	English
Jan Jonker, Bartjan Pennink	The Essence of Research Methodology: A Concise Guide for Master and PhD Students in Management Science	2010	Springer-Verlag	English