The focus of the course is on reading, interpreting, implementing and evaluating quantitative research. The course uses generic methodological examples from all fields of business administration as well as economics. Examples are chosen so that no specific contextual knowledge is needed.

Course start: November 11, 2024

Syllabus Quantitative research methods in business studies (108 Kb)

Teaching and learning activities

The course consists of combined lectures and exercise sessions. There are five parts/sessions. The first four session will take place on campus at Stockholm Business School whereas the last session will be held online:

• Introduction to quantitative research in business studies
• Mathematical modelling
• Descriptive statistics, inference and introduction to regression analysis
• Regression analysis continued
• Causal analysis

Please note that all students must bring a laptop with the software Stata installed to all sessions (Stata/IC, Stata/SE and Stata/MP will all work).
 

Schedule

November 11, 13:00-17:00 (SBS Board Room)
November 12, 9:00-12:00 (SBS Board Room)
November 19, 13:00-17:00 (SBS Board Room)
November 20, 9:00-13:00 (SBS Board Room)
December 2, 9:00-13:00 (online)
 
The course meetings will take place in the Board Room at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Campus Albano, House 2 (Albanovägen 18).

Contact

Course directors:
Olov Isaksson, olov.isaksson@sbs.su.se
Fredrik Eng Larsson, fredrik.englarsson@sbs.su.se

Registration

To register for the course, please contact the doctoral programme coordinator: Helene Olofsson, helene.olofsson@sbs.su.se