SPP705 Quantitative Research

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
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)
SPP724 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
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
  • PUNCH, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Translated by Jan Hendl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008, 230 s. ISBN 9788073674687. info
  • ALSTON, Margaret and Wendy BOWLES. Research for social workers : an introduction to methods. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2003, ix, 334. ISBN 0415307236. info
  • BABBIE, Earl R. The practice of social research. 9th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2001, 1 sv. (rů. ISBN 0-534-57474-2. 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
Teaching methods
Homework. Group discussion of homework tasks.
Assessment methods
Assessment of research proposal.
Written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
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 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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