WiSo-IT
Methods consulting
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 quantitative methods.
We offer individual consultations and, upon request, group counseling sessions — for example, to address issues and questions that arise before or during the writing of a thesis. Please contact us.
- Searching in literature databases: There are various specialist databases in the individual disciplines. We cannot know all the specialist databases, but can advise on searching.
- Citavi: Citavi is a tool for literature management. The University library manages the licences.
LimeSurvey: LimeSurvey is a web-based tool for online surveys. The University AS and the Faculty offer two installations. Please note the information about LimeSurvey in the Serviceportal. There, you also find information about access to the installations.
- Excel: Excel is a spreadsheet program from Microsoft. You can find information on installation in the Serviceportal.
- SPSS: SPSS is a desktop application for statistical analyses from IBM. You can find information in installation in the Serviceportal.
- R: R is a programming language for the analysis of quantitative data. A development environment and an interpreter can be downloaded an installed for free.
- MAXQDA: MAXQDA is a desktop application for qualitative data analyses. Members of the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences can use MAXQDA via the virtual desktop of the faculty nutzen.
Descriptive and inferential statistical methods: In method consulting, we advise on various methods of descriptive and inferential statistics, e.g., frequency diagrams, t-tests, ANOVA, regression and correlation.
- Study designs: e.g., Longitudinal study, cross-sectional study, experiment,
- Sampling: e.g., convenience sample, for the sample size G*Power
- Word: Word is a text processing application from Microsoft. Please not the template for scientific theses in the intranet.
- PowerPoint: PowerPoint is an application for presentation slides. Vendor is Microsoft.
- Excel: Excel ist a spreadsheet application from Microsoft, which can be used to represent data in graphics and tables.
You can find information about installation of these programs in the Serviceportal.
e.g. Consent: Consent is necessary for some surveys. The Ethics Committee has published relevant documents on the intranet that can be used in this context.
- ARIS Express: ARIS Express is a tool for business process management and process mining.
- Visual Paradigm: Visual Paradigm is a software to create different IT-related modells, e.g., UML diagrams. In the field of process management the software offers, among others, BPMN 2.0 and UML activity diagrams, which can also be used in other domains.
- Enterprise Architect: Enterprise Architect is a program for visualising, analysing, modelling, testing, and maintaining IT systems and processes. In the field of process models, the software offers BPMN 2.0 and UML.
- Adonis: Adonis is a software primarily to create a process architecture. For representing processes, Adonis uses the BPMN 2.0.
Members of the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences can use these programs via the virtual desktop of the faculty.
MS Project: MS Project is a project management tool from Microsoft. Members of the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences can use this program via the virtual desktop of the faculty.
Similarity: The university offers the Similarity program for plagiarism detection for lecturers. Access is not possible for students.
Templates and Links
Further information and downloads, e.g. a template for academic theses, a link to the ILIAS course of the Methods Consulting and the corresponding YouTube channel can be found on the intranet website of the Methods Consulting.
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.
Regular consultations are usually held on Tuesdays and Fridays via 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.