Toolbox: Methoden & Technieken

This is a toolbox helping students writing their bachelor- or master thesis at the faculty of MB of the University of Twente. It also helps supervisors of this institution to instruct their students. It may also be of use to scholars of MB who need some support when writing their articles.

The website in structured around the following questions;

1.	How to start a bachelor- or master thesis?

2.	How to find and select literature?

3.	How to construct a research proposal?

4.	How to formulate a research question?

5.	How to conceptualize central variables?

6.	How to construct a useful theory?

7.	How to select a research strategy?

8.	How to select cases?

9.	How to operationalize and measure variables?

10.	How to collect data?

11.	How to analyze data?

12.	How to report about my research project?

13.	How to apply generated knowledge to address actual problems?

14.	How to be ethical?

15.	How to plan my project?

The toolbox is developed by the POLMT group. A toolbox like this is never finished. Suggestions for improvement should be sent to Henk van der Kolk or Rory Costello of the POLMT group.

The toolbox makes substantial use of:

Trochim, William M. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 2nd Edition. Internet WWW page, at URL: <http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/>.

Students interested in topics not covered here are referred to this database.