SOC751 Survey
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Dr. Aleš Burjanek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Kvapilová Bartošová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Jan Osička (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová - Timetable
- Fri 3. 10. 9:30–10:35 P21, Fri 31. 10. 9:30–10:35 P21, Fri 5. 12. 9:30–10:35 P21
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- SOC706 Methodology of social sciences || SOC106 Methodology of Social Sciences
- 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
- there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course is taught in Bachelor study program. It will provide basic knowledge and the practical skill for planning and realization of survey, based on research questionnaire. During the course students will learn about main steps of survey and problems of survey questions formulation. They will master procedure of formulations question for gathering factual data and also questions for measuring subjective states of respondents. They will also learn about questionnaire layout and questionnaire pretest; sampling; sample size; role of survey interviewer; administering questionnaires; response rates; and finally smooth survey organization.
- Syllabus
- (1) Introduction: Survey and its main steps;
- (2) Survey questions formulation; Types of questions;
- (3) Designing questions to measure factual data;
- (4) Designing questions to measure subjective states;
- (5) Questionnaire layout; Questionnaire pretest;
- (6) Sampling; Sample size;
- (7) The role of survey interviewer;
- (8) Administering questionnaires;
- (9) Maximizing response rates;
- (10) Survey organization: what, when, who and what cost;
- (11) Example of selected survey.
- Literature
- BABBIE, Earl R. The practice of social research. 9th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2001, 1 sv. (rů. ISBN 0-534-57474-2. info
- BLAIKIE, Norman W. H. Designing social research : the logic of anticipation. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2000, xiv, 338. ISBN 0745617670. info
- CONVERSE, Jean M. and Stanley PRESSER. Survey questions :handcrafting the standardized questionnaire. Newbury Park: SAGE Publications, 1986, 80 s. ISBN 0-8039-2743-6. info
- VAUS, D.A. de. Surveys in social research. 4th ed. London: UCL press, 1998, xii, 411 s. ISBN 1-85728-542-5. info
- FINK, Arlene. The survey handbook. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1995, 129 s. ISBN 0803959346. info
- FOWLER, Floyd J. Improving survey questions :design and evaluation. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1995, viii, 191. ISBN 0-8039-4583-3. info
- OPPENHEIM, A. N. Questionnaire design, interviewing and attitude measurement. 1st pub. London: Continuum, 1992, 303 s. ISBN 0-8264-5176-4. info
- ŠUBRT, Jiří. Kapitoly ze sociologie veřejného mínění : teorie a výzkum. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 241 s. ISBN 8071845221. info
- Assessment methods
- Lectures + 6 homework’s, midterm written test.
Exam: written test.
The final grade reflects the results of (final) written test and the quality of the research project. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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