Thesis Seminar II

Thesis Seminar II

専門教育科目

Major course

国際商経学部

4年

KCCBG4MCA3

2.00単位

演習 (Seminar)

2025年度後期

(Fall semester)

Bishnu Kumar Adhikary

School of Economics and Management

英語

None

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10:00-17:00
Room A317 (Research Building 1)
School of Economics and Management

By appointment (adhikarykobejp@gmail.com)

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目標１:磨き続ける力／目標３:協働する力／ー

This course is a continuation of Thesis Seminar I. This course is designed to acquaint the students with the necessary theoretical and quantitative skills and knowledge required to develop and address a research problem. The students will develop critical core competencies and skills needed to carry out enquires such as finding a research gap and defining research questions and research objectives, reviewing existing literature and outlining hypotheses, designing research methods that incorporate secondary and primary data collection techniques, sampling and analysis methods, and effective reporting of results. A practical demonstration of time series, cross-sectional, and panel data analysis using E-views and Stata will be given.

Data, Research methods, time series, panel, econometric models, Stata

1: Research definition, types, and finding an exciting topic (research gap).
2: Research questions, objectives, and value addition.
3: Scientific literature review and justification of research questions with hypotheses.
4: Identifying variables and constructs- preparing a conceptual model
5: Quantitative versus qualitative approach
6: Sampling and data collections- primary versus secondary sources of data
7: Econometric modeling
8: Assignment presentation by students
9: Qualitative research- questionnaire design, interview, and content analysis
10: Quantitative research- time series analysis with advanced models
11: Quantitative research- cross-section analysis with clustering
12: Quantitative research- panel analysis with Fixed effect models and GMM
13: Use of ARDL model in Stata
14:  Assignment presentation by students
15: Final paper.      

Introductory Econometrics, 7e, 2019, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, 826 pages, South-Western Pub, ISBN: 978-1337558860
Basic Econometrics, 5e, Damodar N. Gujarati, and Dawn C. Porter, 2008, McGraw Hill Education, ISBN: 978-0073375779

Zikmund, Babin, Carr, and Griffin (2013). Business Research Methods, Ninth Edition, South-Western Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-111-82694-9
Using Econometrics- A Practical Guide, 7e, A H. Studenmund, Pearson, 2016. ISBN: 978-0134182742

This is a preparatory course in business research. The primary objectives of this course are to make the students understand the research process and enable them to carry out a research problem individually in a systematic manner. Students must attend every class on time and actively participate in classroom discussions. The instructor will supply all necessary reading materials and PowerPoints. Students must study for 4 hours weekly to do well on the exam. Students should spend at least 60 hours outside the classroom to achieve good grades in this course.

Teaching methods are mainly based on lectures and practical demonstrations using E-views and Stata. Powerpoint slides will be given to the students before delivering each lecture so that they can make the necessary preparations for the forthcoming classes. The instructor will first discuss the concepts and rationales behind each topic to increase the students' theoretical knowledge. Then, the instructor will solve several problems in the class with the help of statistical software. Afterward, students must solve prescribed exercises and problems at home and discuss their solutions in class. Then, the instructor will address all critical issues so that the students can rectify their mistakes.

Class contributions 20%
Presentation and assignment 30%
Final paper 50%

In the classroom

Must have strong motivation to carry out research

This a course for advanced research