UPPVPK036 Methods and Techniques of Sociological Researches

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the main methodological aspects of social research and clarify the system of collecting sociological data and their analysis. The course has a practical orientation, students will exercise in some concrete techniques at seminars. Graduates should be able to design and realize simple research (applicable for exampĺe for their thesis) after passing the course and also to understand empirically based scientific articles and more critically read research reports and information from research presented in mass-media.
Syllabus
  • 1. Character of social sciences and sociological research; a model of empirical research
    2. Research starts at a library - How to read a scientific text in social sciences
    3. Research is finished by a text - How to write a scientific text in social sciences (research project, logic of a research report)
    4. Quantitative and qualitative research paradigms (their differences and complementarity)
    5. Main methods of quantitative research; validity and reliability
    6. Survey sampling and the problem of representativity
    7. Questionnaire and observing as data collection techniques; the problem of operationalization
    8. Methods on the boarder-line between quantitative and qualitative research (semantical differential, sociometry)
    9. Content and discourse analysis- basic principles and techniques)
    10. Qualitative research methods
    11. Data analysis in qualitative research
    12. Problems and mistakes in interpretation of qualitative data
Literature
    required literature
  • SILVERMAN, D. Ako robiť kvalitatívny výskum. Bratislava: Ikar, 2005. ISBN 80-551-0904-4. info
  • DISMAN, M. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. info
  • SURYNEK, A., KAŠPAROVÁ, E., KOMÁRKOVÁ, E. Základy sociologického výzkumu. Praha: Management Press, 2001. ISBN 80-85850-58-3. info
  • PETRUSEK, M. Teorie a metoda v moderní sociologii. Praha: Karolinum, 1993. info
  • JEŘÁBEK, H. Úvod do sociologického výzkumu. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1992. info
    recommended literature
  • PUNCH, K. F. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 80-7367-468-7. info
  • PUNCH, K. F. Základy kvantitativního šetření. Praha: Portál, 2008. info
  • HENDL, J. Kvalitativní výzkum. Praha: Portál, 2005. info
  • KOLEKTIV. Metody výzkumu v sociologii (studijní texty). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004. info
  • HENDL, J. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-820-1. info
  • BABBIE, R. The practice of social research. 9th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2001. ISBN 0-534-57474-2. info
  • STRAUSS, A., CORBIN, J. Základy kvalitativního výzkumu. Brno: Albert, 1999. ISBN 80-85834-60-X. info
  • STRAUSS, A., CORBINOVÁ, J. Základy kvalitativního výzkumu. Boskovice: Albert, 1999. ISBN 80-85834-60-X. info
  • PELIKÁN, J. Základy empirického výzkumu pedagogických jevů. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-569-8. info
  • POPPER, K. R. Logika vědeckých bádání. Praha: Oikomene, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-45-3. info
  • KOLEKTIV. Velký sociologický slovník. Praha: Karolinum, 1996. ISBN 80-7184-311-3. info
  • NOWAK, V. Metodologie sociologických výzkumů. Praha: Svoboda, 1975. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 6 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016.
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