Research Methods in Accounting (RMA)

Área

AC Gestão > UC Mestrados

Activa nos planos curriculares

Accounting > Accounting > 2º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Obrigatórias > Research Methods in Accounting

Nível

2º Ciclo (M)

Tipo

Estruturante

Regime

Semestral

Carga Horária

Aula Teórica (T): 0.0 h/semana

Aula TeoricoPrática (TP): 3.0 h/semana

Trabalho Autónomo: 121.0 h/semestre

Créditos ECTS: 6.0

Objectivos

The course Research Methods in Accounting provides the students the necessary skills to develop the master dissertation. The course is divided into three parts: applying scientific thinking to accounting problems, qualitative research methods and quantitative research methods.
The course is organized to provide students basic knowledge of conducting research in accounting, enabling them to interpret and critically appraise papers and other published materials in accounting.

Programa

1. Scientific thinking in accounting research
2. Presentation of the different Master Final Work
3. Presentation of Data sets
4. Literature review and hypotheses development
5. Qualitative and quantitative methods
5.1. Surveys
5.2. Interviews
5.3. Experiments
5.4. Observation
5.5 Case studies
5.6 Others
6. Data preparation and analysis
7. Presenting the results
8. Ethics in research
9. Preparation for the Viva voice

Metodologia de avaliação

The evaluation assessment has 2 components
-Individual Essay (60% final grade)
-Presentation and discussion (20% of final grade).
-Discussion and attendance in class (20% of final grade)

Bibliografia

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