SVBPMSV Metodology of Sociological Research

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Vojtěch Malátek, CSc.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Prerequisites
( INMBASTA Statistics || INMBESTA Statistics || INMBKSTA Statistics || INMBPSTA Statistics || MMEBASTA Statistics || MMEBESTA Statistics || MMEBKSTA Statistics || MMEBPSTA Statistics ) && ( EVSBASOC Sociology || EVSBESOC Sociology || EVSBKSOC Sociology || EVSBPSOC Sociology || SVBASOC Sociology || SVBESOC Sociology || SVBKSOC Sociology || SVBPSOC Sociology )
Successfull completion of course is conditioned by completion courses Statistics and Sociology.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Teaching Methods of Sociological Research subject is aimed at gaining the ability to search and acquire empirical data, to understand them, to know the possibilities and limits of their ability to notice and to learn sociologically interpret piecemeal information. The course is completed by pilot project sociological research on the general topic (there is a posibility to follow the theme of the Bachelor's thesis). In lectures, students are introduced to fundamentals of the theory, principles of quantitative and qualitative research approach and research methods and techniques. Students learn to understand the functions of the basic elements of procedures of empirical research (hypothesis, the characters and their operationalization, the method of selection and creation of a file of primary and selected data) and are familiar with the basics of statistical data processing, including principles of the second-degree sorting. Students develop a pilot project of the research. A pilot project of sociological research will be created as a follow-up self-study activity. The pilot project of sociological research is a preparation for the implementation of exploration activities in the framework of the Bachelor's thesis (or other type of professional work).
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics of sociological research
    2. Types of sociological research and research procedures
    3. The organization of sociological research
    4. Characteristics of an observation and an interview and their practical implementation
    5. Querying and its use in acquiring sociological informations
    6.The statistical procedures in sociological research
    7. Quantification in sociological research
    8. Application of statistical methods in sociological research
    9. Techniques of sociological research of documents
    10. Opinion poll in sociological research
    11. Communication research
    12. Sociometrics
    13. Application of sociological research at market research
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014.
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