FSS:SPP705 Quantitative Research - Course Information
SPP705 Quantitative Research
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Žižlavský, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Sat 12. 3. 14:30–16:00 P22, Sat 9. 4. 10:45–12:15 P22, Sat 21. 5. 10:45–12:15 P22
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- SPP724 Statistics
- 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 21 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course, students should be able to: frame research problem, formulate research question, and appropriately design empirical research.
- Syllabus
- Research on social problems and social policy
- Social scientific research paradigms
- Research process, its structure
- Research questions and hypotheses
- Method of explanation, causation
- Operationalisation
- Random and nonrandom selection
- Techniques of empirical inquiry
- Measurement and statistical survey
- Administrative statistic and social indicators
- Method of interpretative understanding
- Interviewing
- Triangulation
- Literature
- PUNCH, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Translated by Jan Hendl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008, 230 s. ISBN 9788073674687. info
- ALSTON, Margaret and Wendy BOWLES. Research for social workers : an introduction to methods. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2003, ix, 334. ISBN 0415307236. info
- 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
- Teaching methods
- Homework. Group discussion of homework tasks.
- Assessment methods
- Assessment of research proposal.
Written exam. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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