UPPVPP036 Methods and Techniques of Sociological Researches

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2018
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 offered to students of any study field.
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
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017.
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