VIKBA12 Metodology for Library and Information Studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Gabriela Šimková (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M. (lecturer)
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Sabina Kubisová
Supplier department: Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 14:10–15:45 J31
Prerequisites
This course is established for students 2. and higher years.
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 aim of the course is to approach basics of statistical analyzing data acquired from a quantitative survey. Students will be introduced especially to work with statistical sets and variables: creating a set, data navigation and data cleaning, set operations, data translation, creating new variables, case selection and to basic data analysis methods, i.e. to: (1)
Syllabus
  • (1) decomposition of categorical and continuous data and characteristics of this decomposition - univariational analysis; (2) comparison of data allocation and average values of these allocations: t-test, variants analysis; (3) basics of inferential statistics and testing of statistical hypothesis
Literature
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 374 s. ISBN 80-7066-822-9. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Úvod do kvalitativního výzkumu. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 243 s. ISBN 8071845493. info
  • KERLINGER, Fred N. Základy výzkumu chování : pedagogický a psychologický výzkum. Translated by Vladimír Smékal - Eva Klobouková - L. Kolaříková - M. Kučer. Vydání I. Praha: Academia, 1972, 705 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
seminars
Assessment methods
activity in seminars, attendance, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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