MVZn5092 Introduction to research design and analysis

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2022

Předmět se v období podzim 2022 nevypisuje.

Rozsah
1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno prezenčně.
Vyučující
Zuzana Ringlerová, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Zuzana Ringlerová, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Předpoklady
! MVZ492 Introduction to research && ! NOW ( MVZ492 Introduction to research ) && (! MVZ238 Introduction to Pol. Analysis ) && (! MVZb2038 Introduction to Pol. Analysis )
None. Students who have already taken MVZ238 are not allowed to take this course.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 11 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/11, pouze zareg.: 0/11
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course aims to achieve that the students are able to do the following:
Understand basic research-design concepts such as variable, hypothesis, causality etc.
Explain how political scientists generate knowledge, including discussion of research designs.
Manage data in Stata statistical software, quantitatively analyze data and interpret the analysis.
Write a proposal of a research proposal for your own research project.
Výstupy z učení
By the end of the course, students will be able to do the following:
Understand basic research-design concepts such as variable, hypothesis, causality etc.
Explain how political scientists generate knowledge, including discussion of research designs.
Manage data in Stata statistical software, quantitatively analyze data and interpret the analysis.
Write a proposal of a research proposal for your own research project.
Osnova
  • Course outline: 1) Introduction to the course. Seeing the world as a political scientist.
  • 2) Establishing causal relationships: How do we know that there is a causal relationship?
  • 3) Research design. What are the strategies to investigate causal relationships? Learning practical skills: Introduction to Stata
  • 4) Measurement. How do we measure concepts of interest? Developing analytical skills: Descriptive statistics.
  • 5) Learning practical skills: Transforming variables and labeling variables.
  • 6) Learning practical skills: Making comparisons.
  • 7) Midterm exam.
  • 8) Learning practical skills: Making controlled comparisons.
  • 9) Learning about the population from a sample: Statistical inference. Learning practical skills: Comparison of means.
  • 10) Reading week.
  • 11) Learning practical skills: Chi-Square for cross-tabulation and correlation.
  • 12) Linear regression.
  • 13) Learning practical skills: Linear regression.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • A Stata Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III (CQ Press, 2011)
  • The Fundamentals of Political Science Research by Paul M. Kellstedt and Guy D. Whitten. 2013. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Výukové metody
In this course, you will be learning new knowledge and skills in multiple ways:
You will learn theoretical concepts from lectures and from the assigned readings.
You will learn data-analysis skills in seminars.
You will reinforce the practical skills by working on the homework assignments.
You will apply your knowledge and skills in writing your own research proposal.
Metody hodnocení
Class participation 10%
Homework assignments 35%
Midterm exam 15%
Final exam 20%
Research proposal 20%
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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