Course Outline
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to understand and to cover important areas in various stages of empirical research, including critical literature review, data collection and organization, data presentation and analysis.
Also, the student is expected to be able to apply different research methods and organize independent research on a current tourism topic and to synthesize the research results and practical applications in a written research report and oral presentation.
General Competencies
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Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
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Working independently
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Team work
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Working in an interdisciplinary environment
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Production of new research ideas
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Project planning and management
Syllabus
- Definitions-Stages of empirical research
- Types of studies
- Planning studies with applications in Tourism
- Literature review/object delimitation
- Data collection methods
- Sampling methods (R language)
- Data analysis with applications (Jamovi, R)
- Report writing