Dieses Buch unterstützt Studierende bei der Anfertigung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten mit einem quantitativen Fokus. Mittels Best-Practice-Beispielen aus Masterarbeiten werden das wissenschaftliche Vorgehen sowie die Anwendung unterschiedlicher quantitativer Methoden anwendungsnah präsentiert....

An introduction to data science or statistics shouldn’t involve proving complex theorems or memorizing obscure terms and formulas, but that is exactly what most introductory quantitative textbooks emphasize. In contrast, Thinking Clearly with Data focuses, first and foremost, on critical...

Anhand von Fallstudien wird mit diesem Buch das eigenständige Erarbeiten und Anwenden von Wissen in den Bereichen Beschaffung, Produktion und Distribution und damit eine Erhöhung des individuellen Lernerfolgs ermöglicht. Neben einer Einführung in die Fallstudienmethodik bilden 17 Fallstudien...

"This book contains an in-depth quantitative analysis of the development of the COVID-19 epidemic in China from its very beginning in December 2019 to early April 2020 when it was brought under control. It begins with adjustments of the official cumulative data on newly confirmed cases and...

Foundations and definitions -- Ethical considerations -- Operationalization and otherness -- Sampling and representation -- Soliciting opinions through survey research -- Studying responses through experimental methods -- Examining communication content in content analysis research --...

In countries where civil war has formally ended, not all refugees return. Nor does emigration come to a halt. Why? We argue that three specific features of post‐war situations explain the varying levels of outward migration: the quality of peace, the quality of political institutions, and the...

This self-contained book presents the main techniques of quantitative portfolio management and associated statistical methods in a very didactic and structured way, in a minimum number of pages. The concepts of investment portfolios, self-financing portfolios and absence of arbitrage...