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Learning outcomes |
To provide a set of concepts, techniques and approaches as well as understanding the main issues that arise, either in preparing the proposal, or in structuring and carrying out research work leading to the development of projects: master's thesis.
- Know the main strategies to be adopted in different research paradigms in the scientific area of management and entrepreneurship;
- Identify, define and understand the different concepts and approaches in a process of scientific investigation;
- Identify and understand the methodologies and techniques needed to develop a project or a research work;
- Apply statistical concepts and methods of data analysis, in business science, not addressed at the undergraduate level (first cycle);
- Analyze, evaluate, and articulate the implications of the statistical results in the field of business science.
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Main Bibliography |
Bryman, A. e Cramer, D. (1992): "Análise de Dados em Ciências Sociais", Celta Editora, Oeiras.
Lakatos, I. (1980): “Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes”, Cambridge University Press.
Quivy, R.; Campenhoudt, L. (1998), Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais, Gradiva – Publicações, 2.ª Edição, Lisboa
Silverman, D. (2000), “Doing Qualitative Research - A Pratical Handbook”, Sage Publications, London.
Yin, R.K. (1989): “Case Study Research. Design and Methods”, Newbury Park: SAGE Publication, California.
Guimarães, Rui Campos e Cabral, José A. Sarsfield, “Estatística”, McGraw-Hill, Lisboa, 1997
Hicks, Charles R.; Kenneth V. TURNER, Fundamental Concepts in the Design of Experiments, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999, 5th Edition.
McClave, J.T, BEnson, P.G. e Sincich, T., Statistics for Business and Economics, 9th Edition, Pearson, Prenstice Hall, 2005.
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