Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet

EKHM73 Research Design, 7,5 credit points (ETCS)

The course presents the student with research methods used within the social sciences in general, and within economic history specifically. The course will carefully deal with the importance of source criticism to any well-planned research. It will then, through a detailed examination of various quantitative and qualitative methods, discuss the validity of these methods to various research questions and data. The overarching goal of the course is to provide students with the tools necessary to prepare a well-structured research assignment.