PAM004 Quantitative Research

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Tomáš Lintner, MA (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Petr Hlaďo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Hlaďo, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Zelená
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 B2.24, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 10/20
Course objectives
The course prepares students to be not only critical consumers but also conscious producers of research, and to apply quantitative research in their practice.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to define and explain the basic principles of quantitative research.
Students will learn criteria for evaluating the quality of scientific research.
Students will gain skills in planning and designing research projects.
Students will understand the significance of constructs and learn to formulate hypotheses.
Students will learn various data collection methods and be able to select appropriate methods for their research.
Students will gain skills in conducting descriptive data analysis.
Students will learn to effectively visualize data using various graphical methods.
Students will gain skills in conducting inferential data analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. The practice of Social research: model of research, data, data analysis.
  • 2. Purposes of research – stadium conducted researches
  • 2. Research problems.
  • 2. Research questions.
  • 3. Methods, participants.
  • 4. Instruments and procedures.
  • 5. Data collecting.
  • 6. Data analysis.
  • 7. Research report.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HUNTINGTON-KLEIN, Nick. The Effect : an introduction to research design and causality. First edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2022, xxvi, 619. ISBN 9781032127453. info
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 374 s. ISBN 80-7066-822-9. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat : analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vydání druhé, opravené. Praha: Portál, 2006, 583 stran. ISBN 8073671239. info
  • JENSEN, Eric Allen and Charles LAURIE. Doing real research : a practical guide to social research. First published. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016, xxiii, 374. ISBN 9781446273883. info
  • Úvod do metodologie psychologického výzkumu : jak zkoumat lidskou duši. Translated by Petr Bakalář, Illustrated by Ján Ferjenčík. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2010, 255 s. ISBN 9788073678159. URL info
  • LAZARSFELD, Paul Felix. On social research and its language. Edited by Raymond Boudon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993, vii, 333. ISBN 0226469638. info
  • KERLINGER, Freed N. Základy výzkumu chování : pedagogický a psychologický výzkum : Foundations of behavioral research : educational and psychological inquiry (Orig.). Translated by V. Smékal. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 705 s. info
Teaching methods
Weekly lessons requiring active participation supported by weekly e-learning support.
Assessment methods
weekly tests & final written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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