WiSo-IT
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
Methods Consulting of the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
The Methods Consulting of the WiSo-IT supports members of the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences (students, teachers and staff members) with methodical issues. We primarily give advise on questions about IT tools and quantative methods.
We offer individual consultations on problems and questions before and during the process of writing theses. Information sessions to certain topics during classes are also possible. Please contact us.
We cover the following topics:
| Topics | Consultation services and tools |
|---|---|
| Literature search and management | Literature data bases, Citavi |
| Construction of questionnaires and data gathering | LimeSurvey1 |
| Data preparation | SPSS, R, Excel, MAXQDA |
| Statistical analysis | Descriptive and inference-statistical methods |
| Study design and sampling | E.g., longitudinal study, cross-sectional study, experiments, random samples, GPower |
| Presentation and visualisation of results | Word, PowerPoint, Excel |
| Ethical and legal issues | E.g., Consent |
| Usability | Questionnaires, Eye-Tracking |
| Information and process modeling | ARIS Express, Visual Paradigm, Enterprise Architect, Adonis |
| Project management | MS Project |
| Plagiarism detection2 | Similarity2 |
1 Please note the information about LimeSurvey, incl. access, in the Serviceportal.
2 Only for teaching staff
Regarding the installation etc. of individual tools, please refer to the knowledge portal or the methods counsulting course in the learning management platform ILIAS.
Consultation appointments
Consultation appointments are possible by individual arrangement. Please contact Mareike Przysucha regarding an appointment. She will forward your enquiry to the relevant member of staff.
The normal consultations take place on Tuesday and Friday by zoom or in person.
Mareike Przysucha, M.Sc.
Blumenthalstraße (CO 0108)
Phone: 0541 969-3354
E-Mail: methodenberatung-wiso@hs-osnabrueck.de
Please note that the CO building is not fully accessible.
Acknowledgements
Use of software development tools is made available to Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences by the Academic Partner Program from Visual Paradigm for educational use.