UVSRPVR117 Selected Research Methods

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Andrea Preissová Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Krčmaříková
Timetable
Fri 4. 3. 15:35–18:50 C309, Fri 25. 3. 11:25–14:40 C208
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course introduces students to the selected methods of analysis of data obtaining through differentiated methodological paradigms in the theoretical level. It explains not only the basic principles for creating data in quantitative, qualitative and integrated research strategy, as well as appropriate use of adequate statistics and qualitative analytical methods. In the application level the problems are solved by differentiated methodological paradigms.
Syllabus
  • 1st The methodological paradigms and paradigmatic matrix for data creation in individual research strategies (quantitative, qualitative and integrated)
    2nd Qualitative research strategy
    3rd Analysis of documents
    4th Ethnography
    5th Ethnographic observation and interview
    6th Analysis of documents
    7th Introduction to methods
    8th Different types of encoding (eg. open, axial) used by a theory
    9th Comparison of social work and its use for small numbers of cases
    10th Chart as a source of secondary data analysis
    11th Different levels of analytical work with a table/chart
Literature
    required literature
  • HENDL, Jan. Kvalitativní výzkum: základní metody a aplikace. 4. rozšířené vydání. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-0982-9.
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat: analýza a metaanalýza dat. 5. vydání. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0981-2.
  • MAREŠ, Petr, Ladislav RABUŠIC a Petr SOUKUP. Analýza sociálněvědních dat (nejen) v SPSS. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-210-6362-4.
  • BABBIE, Earl. The Practice of Social Research. 14th edition. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2016. ISBN 978-13051049459.
    recommended literature
  • BAUM, Detlef, GOJOVÁ, Alice (eds.). Výzkumné metody v sociální práci. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Fakulta, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-390-3.
  • HAIR, F. Joseph et al. Multivariate Data Analysis. 5th edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN 0-13-894858-5.
  • KREJČÍ, J. Kvalita sociálně vědních výběrových šetření v České republice. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7419-001-8.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 6 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Contact lectures are guided by a system of consultation on selected topics within 9 hours. The distant part of study is opened in an e-learning course on e-portal http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. There students can find individual tutorials that follow the subject and they work under the guidance of the teacher. This environment also provides the students individual consultations of selected units. Electronic study materials and specified tasks are ready for teaching.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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