SOCn4017 Research design in sociology

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jiří Navrátil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 P21a
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Formální prerekvizity žádné, jde o povinný kurz magisterského studia sociologie na FSS MU. Kurz předpokládá vstupní znalosti v rozsahu bakalářského studia sociologie na FSS MU a v rozsahu Státní zkoušky pro bakaláře v oboru sociologie tamtéž. Vlastní zkušenost s prováděním sociologickéhé výzkumu (např. při zpracovávání bakalářské práce) je výhodou.
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
Abstract
This is a compulsory course in the master's program in sociology at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify the main elements of research designs.
Key topics
Desing of sociological research.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • • Dunning, T. 2012. Natural experiment in the social sciences. A Design-based approach. Cambridge University Press.
  • • Beach, D., & Pedersen, R.B. 2016. Causal Case Study Methods. Foundations and Guidelines for Comparing, Matching, and Tracing. Ann Arbor: University of Michgan Press
  • ROHLFING, Ingo. Case studies and causal inference : an integrative framework. 1st pub. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, xiii, 257. ISBN 9780230240704. info
  • RAGIN, Charles C. and Lisa M. AMOROSO. Constructing social research : the unity and diversity of method. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2011, xii, 235. ISBN 9781412960182. info
  • EMERSON, Robert M.; Rachel I. FRETZ and Linda L. SHAW. Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. Second edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011, xxiii, 289. ISBN 0226206831. info
  • HAMMERSLEY, Martyn and Paul ATKINSON. Ethnography : principles in practice. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1997, 323 s. ISBN 0415086647. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lecture, seminar.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Continuous students' work and tests.
Alternate completion (in Czech)
u toho kurzu se náhradní plnění nenabízí
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Předmět je určen pro studující od Imatr. ročníku 2025/26.
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