PřF:Bi3200 Bases of Scientific Work - Course Information
Bi3200 Basics of Scientific Work
Faculty of Scienceautumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Mořkovský (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Polcerová, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Tomáš Mořkovský
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Mon 18. 9. to Fri 15. 12. Wed 14:00–15:50 Bp1,01007
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Anthropology (programme PřF, B-AN)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Course objectives
- The aim of this course is to acquaint students with methodology of anthropology and to provide them with first information on the meaning, objectives, methods, social context and practical activities of professional anthropology. The course covers both theoretical issues and practical advice and recommendations.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing this course the student should be able to:
- explain the biosocial nature of human species and its implications for anthropological research;
- describe procedures to ensure validity of a scientific study;
- know the sources of relevant literature and access to them;
- correctly quote sources of professional information;
- propose a suitable method of sampling and obtaining anthropological data;
- process the research data into a form applicable to statistical analysis. - Syllabus
- 1. (20. 9. 2017) Biosocial (bio-socio-cultural) nature of anthropology
- 2. (27. 9. 2017) Scientific method, research methods in sciences, social sciences and humanities
- 3. (4. 10. 2017) Scientific tools, validity
- 4. (11. 10. 2017) Information resources
- 5. (18. 10. 2017) Referencing of resources
- 6. (25. 10. 2017) Collection of research data
- 7. (1. 11. 2017) Research design
- 8. (8. 11. 2017) Arrangement and coding of data
- 9. (15. 11. 2017) Working on research data in R
- 10. (22. 11. 2017) Work in R: object types, basis operations
- 11. (29. 11. 2017) Basic computations in R: descriptive statistics
- 12. (6. 12. 2017) Basic computations in R: mean differences
- 13. (13. 12. 2017) Basic computations in R: expressing of relationships
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical tuition in form of lectures, completed with practical presentations, working with software applications and individual student work. The course includes completing 13 separate tasks.
- Assessment methods
- The course is concluded by a colloquium - a discussion within limited group of students (3-5 students) on the studied topics and elaborated 13 tasks.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2017, recent)
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