Course: Empirical research and basic principles of data analysis

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Course title Empirical research and basic principles of data analysis
Course code KPG/EVZAD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Szotkowski René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Empirical research, measurement in empirical research, basic methods of descriptive statistics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Methods of Written Work
Learning outcomes
The subject deals with these topics: Methods of human cognition, Techniques of work with special literature, Empirical research and its kinds, Formulation of problems for empirical research, Hypothesises and rules for their formulations, Selection of elements for research samples, Research ex-post-facto and experiments, Quantitative and qualitative research, and The most frequented methods of collecting data for empirical research (observation, questionnaire, interview, tests).
Students will gain knowledge in what cases to use descriptive statistics, dependency analysis and statistical tests. Gets skills methods of data processing, methods of graphical presentation of data, analysis and application of statistical tests.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of methodology, mathematics and statistics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

To be able to execute data in pedagogical investigation using basic methods of descriptive statistics.
Recommended literature
  • GAVORA, P. (2000). Úvod do pedagogického výzkumu. Brno: Paido.
  • CHRÁSKA, M. (2007). Metody pedagogického výzkumu. Praha.
  • CHRÁSKA, M. (2003). Úvod do výzkumu v pedagogice: Základy kvantitativně orientovaného výzkumu.. Olomouc: Pedagogická fakulta UP.
  • CHRÁSKA, M. (1998). Základy výzkumu v pedagogice.. Olomouc.
  • MAŇÁK, J., ŠVEC, Š., ŠVEC, V. aj. (2005). Slovník pedagogické metodologie. Brno: Paido.
  • PELIKÁN, J. (1998). Základy empirického výzkumu pedagogických jevů.. Praha.
  • PRŮCHA, J. (1995). Pedagogický výzkum: Uvedení do teorie a praxe. Praha: Karolinum.


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