FSS:ENSn4446 Quantitative research - Course Information
ENSn4446 Quantitative research in environmentalism
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Ing. Tomáš Doseděl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jan Činčera, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jan Činčera, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Thu 18:00–19:40 PC26
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! HEN446 Quantitative research &&!NOW( HEN446 Quantitative research )&&(! ENSn4447 Qualitative research && !NOW( ENSn4447 Qualitative research ))&&TYP_STUDIA(N)
- 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
- Environmental Studies (programme FSS, N-ENV)
- Course objectives
- This course should summarize and deepen the methodological skills obtained during your previous studies. The actual content of the course could be changed according to the student's needs.
After the end of the course, you should be able to perform all steps of your own quantitative survey (questionnaire design, sample selection, statistical analysis, and results presentation). You should be also able to read and critically evaluate papers and reports based on a quantitative methodology.
The course is designed as highly interactive and practical. The form of teaching is a seminar, even an individual consultation. - Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
- to design the quantitative research
- to design the survey questionnaire
- to analyze the quantitative data
- to interpret the results of the statistical analyses, both own or foreign - Syllabus
- Lesson 1: The introduction to social research
- Lesson 2: Quantitative and Qualitative Paradigm
- Lesson 3: The introduction to surveys
- Lesson 4: Research questions, hypotheses
- Lesson 5: Questionnaire design
- Lesson 6: Sample design
- Lesson 7: The introduction into statistical analysis
- Lesson 8: The descriptive analyses
- Lesson 9: Data modification
- Lesson 10: Bivariate analysis
- Lesson 11: Correlation analysis
- Lesson 12: Statistical significance
- Lesson 13: Regressions (demonstration)
- Literature
- required literature
- RABUŠIC, Ladislav, Petr SOUKUP and Petr MAREŠ. Statistická analýza sociálněvědních dat (prostřednictvím SPSS) (Statistical data analysis (with SPSS)). 2. přepracované vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 573 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9247-1. URL info
- BABBIE, Earl R. The practice of social research. Fourteenth edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2016, xxiv, 566. ISBN 9781305104945. info
- DE VAUS, D. A. Surveys in social research. 6th edition. and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, xviii, 382. ISBN 9780415530187. info
- recommended literature
- DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost : příručka pro uživatele. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 9788024601397. info
- Teaching methods
- workshops, demonstrations, home assignments
- Assessment methods
- 5 assignments (10 pts each)
final exam (30 pts for theoretical part, 20 pts for statistical analysis) - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Student/ka si smí zaregistrovat/zapsat a absolvovat pouze jeden z předmětů ENSn4446 Kvantitativní výzkum a ENSn4447 Kvalitativní výzkum - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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