This seminar is jointly offered by the chairs of Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen (Statistics, Econometrics, and Quantitative Methods) and Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig (Econometrics, Statistics, and Empirical Economics).

Due to the Corona pandemic, there will be no preliminary meeting in person. Instead, please join the ILIAS folder, where you will have to upload a current transcript of records and fill out a survey regarding your topic preferences by November 1st. Your supervisor will be assigned to you based on your indicated preferences, and you will be contacted by her/him once the decision has been made.

Note that the information provided on this page may be updated depending on the latest developments of the pandemic. As a member of the abovementioned ILIAS group, you will be notified about the important changes.

• The aim of the bachelor thesis is to show the ability of a student to examine and to discuss a problem or a subject in statistics or econometrics in a scientific way.
• The bachelor thesis covers a maximum of 20 pages. Main figures and tables should be included in the main body of your thesis. Extensive figures and tables should be deferred to the appendix. The appendix is not included in the page limit.
• The final grade is based on the written thesis (70 percent) and the final presentation (30 percent).
• Students should choose their topic on their own. The topic should be discussed in advance with the supervisor. For an empirical thesis, the student needs to find, process and handle the datasets themselves.
• If you are interested in carrying out your own empirical project we recommend you to read chapter 19 "Carrying out an Empirical Project" of Wooldridge's book "Introductory Econometrics".
• Students need to submit their thesis online via Ilias as well as upload the code/data which is necessary for replicating the results. Due to the Corona Pandemic, students do not have to submit a printed copy.
• The bachelor thesis and the presentation should be in English (but German theses and presentations will be accepted as well).

• General and formal guidelines for the written thesis will be provided in the course of the final registration for the Bachelor Seminar via Mail.
• Orthography, grammar and style of the thesis will be taken into account for grading.
• The written thesis should be set in Word, or, preferably, in LaTex or a similar word/formula-processing software. If you use LaTex, please use the following  template (pdf file).
• The presentation of the final thesis has to be in Powerpoint, LaTex or similar. There is no need for handouts.