Research methods are a strategic tool necessary for conducting scientific research. This course emphasizes the importance of scientific research, defines its key concepts and stages, and places special emphasis on a broad range of related topics, including literature reviews, problem formulation, data collection, data summarization and presentation (Descriptive Statistics), data analysis, conclusion drawing (Inferential Statistics), and the drafting of relevant reports. The course will also emphasize the application of all these to problems of air transport management. Finally, students will become familiar with the use of appropriate data analysis statistical packages, a modern and comprehensive software package for the statistical processing of primarily quantitative data.
Upon completion of the lectures, students will be able to:
- Define the issue under study, formulate research questions, and design the appropriate research methodology.
- Collect data (sampling techniques, questionnaire design), summarize and present it using numerical and graphical methods.
- Choose the appropriate methods for data analysis and apply them using statistical software.
- Present and interpret the results of the data analysis.
- Integrate research results into the decision-making process and compose the final research report.