SOC707 Research Methods in Sociology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Hynková, DiS. (assistant)
Mgr. Jan Kopkáš (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
SOC706 Methodology of social sciences && SOC708 Data Analysis with SPSS PC
This course is the final of methodological courses in sociology. Only students who have passed the previous ones (SOC708-Data Analysis included) can be enrolled.
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
Course objectives
The course will give its students the knowledge about the process of sociological research and thus will enable them to carry out their own one. In the first part, it focuses on the standardized way of quantitative measurement of complex social phenomena (e.g. anomie, value systems, political participation, social capital, social cohesion). In the second part, basic descriptions of qualitative research and of unobtrusive methods are provided. At the end of this course, the students will become sophisticated experts on sociological research methods and they will be able to reflect relevance of sociological statements from the methodological point of view.
Syllabus
  • Topics:
  • 1. Sophisicated questionnaire I (Hot to measure attitudes, valu preferences)
  • 2. Sophisicated questionnaire II. (Postmaterialis, Opinion leadership, Schwartz value portraits
  • 3. Sophisicated questionnaire III (How to measure socail class and prestige of occupations; ISCO, SIOPS, ISEI; measurement of political orientation
  • 4. Sophisicated questionnaire IV (How to measure social capital; sociometrie; semantic differential; response rate
  • 5. Basics of field research
  • 6. Unobtrusive methods of sociological research I: analzsis of documents, content analzsis
  • 7. Unobtrusive methods of sociological research II: statistics as a source of information, secondary analysis
  • 8. International comparative research
  • 9. Evalyuation researech
  • 10. Ethoics and politics of social research
  • 11. Research N = 1
  • 12. Sociological methods in a nutshell - summary
Literature
  • BABBIE, Earl R. The practice of social research. 9th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2001, 1 sv. (rů. ISBN 0-534-57474-2. info
  • Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost :příručka pro uživatele. Edited by Miroslav Disman. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 80-246-0139-7. info
  • STRAUSS, Anselm and Juliet CORBINOVÁ. Základy kvalitativního výzkumu : postupy a techniky metody zakotvené teorie. Vyd. 1. Boskovice: Albert, 1999, 196 s. ISBN 80-85834-60-X. info
  • STRAUSS, Anselm L. and Juliet M. CORBIN. Basics of qualitative research : techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1998, xiii, 312. ISBN 0803959400. info
  • MERTENS, Donna M. Research methods in education and psychology : integrating diversity with quantitative & qualitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1998, xvii, 422. ISBN 0-8039-5827-7. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Úvod do kvalitativního výzkumu. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 243 s. ISBN 8071845493. info
  • RUBIN, Allen and Earl R. BABBIE. Research methods for social work. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1989, xxxi, 507. ISBN 0-534-10056-2. info
  • KERLINGER, Fred N. Základy výzkumu chování : pedagogický a psychologický výzkum. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 705 s. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, home assignements, term paper. Written exam at the end.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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