SPRb7705 Quantitative Research

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SPR724 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
Course objectives
Aim of the course is to introduce students with techniques and methods quantitative research.
Learning outcomes
students should be able to: -frame research problém -formulate research question -appropriately design empirical research
Syllabus
  • Scientific cognition of social reality
  • Quantification of elemments of social reality
  • Theory and research
  • Designs of research
  • validity and reliability
  • Data collection with questionnaire
  • Choice of the sample
  • Collection and analysis secondary data
  • Quantitative Data Analysis (with the use of SPSS)
  • Quantitative Data Analysis: correlation
  • Quantitative Data Analysis: pivot tables
Literature
    required literature
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost : příručka pro uživatele. 4. nezměněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2011, 372 stran. ISBN 9788024619668. URL info
  • BLACK, Thomas R. Doing quantitative research in the social sciences : an integrated approach to research design, measurement and statistics. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 1999, xiv, 751. ISBN 0761953531. info
  • NOWAK, Stefan. Metodologie sociologických výzkumů : obecné problémy. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1975, 411 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • OCHRANA, František. Metodologie vědy : úvod do problému. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 156 s. ISBN 9788024616094. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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