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VPL118 Quantitative Research

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2013

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, M.Sc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Žižlavský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Lucie Mořkovská, DiS. (assistant)
PhDr. Helena Tomešová Bartáková, Ph.D., M.Sc. (assistant)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Winkler, Ph.D. (assistant)

Supervisor

doc. PhDr. Jiří Winkler, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work - Faculty of Social Studies
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Social Policy and Social Work - Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Tue 18:00–18:45 P51, Tue 18:45–19:30 PC25, Tue 19:45–20:30 PC25, Tue 20:30–21:15 PC25

Prerequisites (v češtině)

VPL132 Statistics

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrollment status: enrolled: 31/40, only registered: 0/40

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 15 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

• BABBIE, Earl R. The practice of social research. 9th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2001. 1 sv. (rů. ISBN 0-534-57474-2. info
• ALSTON, Margaret and Wendy BOWLES. Research for social workers :an introduction to methods. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2003. ix, 334 s. ISBN 0-415-30723-6. 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
• PUNCH, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Translated by Jan Hendl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008. 230 s. ISBN 978-80-7367-468. info

Teaching methods

Homework. Group discussion of homework tasks.

Assessment methods

Assessment of research proposal.
Written exam.

Follow-Up Courses

• SPP119 Qualitative Research
• SPP278 Closure Workshop
• SPP281 Conceptualization of Thesis

Further comments (probably available only v češtině)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• SPR119 Qualitative Research
  (VPL132 || SPR132) && (VPL118 || SPR118)  
• VPL119 Qualitative Research
  ((SPP118 && VPL132) || VPL118) && !SPP119  

Teacher's information

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014.

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