FVP:UPPVPP036 Methods and Techniques of Soci - Course Information

UPPVPP036 Methods and Techniques of Sociological Researches

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

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

• Social Pathology and Prevention (programme FVP, B7507-SvP)

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. ISBN 80-7184-141-2. 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. ISBN 80-7367-381-9. info
• HENDL, J. Kvalitativní výzkum. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7367-485-4. 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
• 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. ISBN 99-0002-402-X. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Credit for full-time students - essay, active participation in seminars, attendance
Examination is based on lectures and essential required reading

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