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Lecturer(s)
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Kotherová Silvie, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Information about course, student's duties and completion of the course 2. Lecture: Proposal of Research Plan 3. Seminar: Research Ethics: Reading - Konopásek - Etika, reflexivita a [q]eticky důležité okamžiky [q] ve výzkumu, Lindbloom - Preklopenie asymetrie po získaní údajov , Vaňová - Výzkumník lapený 4. Lecture: Research problem, question, hypotheses and variables 5. Seminar: Hypotheses and variables and operationalization Assignment: students prepare their hypotheses and variables and operationalize their research questions 6. Lecture: Collection of data and choice of examined file, External validity 7. Lecture / Seminar: Experiment 8. Seminar: Experiment with the people (Abelson 2004) Reading: Abelson 2004 9. Seminar: Experiment with the people Reading: D. Jason Slone and William W. McCorkle Jr., A methodological introduction to key empirical studies. 10. Lecture / Seminar: IMRAD 11. Seminar: writing a research proposal 13. Presentation of the research proposal
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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The course is focused on theoretical training of methods of experimental research of religion. First, students will acquire the necessary skills of teamwork, knowledge of ethics of research with emphasis on experimental conditions. Students will learn how to formulate the research question/hypotheses and what is the meaning and content of the experimental design. After acquiring this knowledge, they will come with their research project under the supervision of the teacher, prepare their research design at the theoretical level. Students will be shown various research tools, including diverse technologies suitable for their measurements.
Students will acquire practical skills and knowledge of individual laboratory instruments, learn how to use the technique appropriately, how to choose a suitable group of probands, acquaint them with the nature of their own research, how to make necessary measurements, evaluate measured data, interpret measured data and explain them the problem being investigated.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Form of completion of the course: 3 short assessment to the seminar texts 1 preliminary text with research question, hypotheses and operationalization Own research protocol 20 min presentation of research protocol
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Recommended literature
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Disman, Miroslav. (2002). Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost.. Praha: Karolinum.
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Field, Andy a Hole, Graham. (2008). How to Design and Report Experiments.. London: SAGE.
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Gerber, Alan S., a Donald P. Green. (2012). Field Experiments: Design, Analysis and Interpretation.. New York: W. W. Norton.
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Chalupa, Aleš, a David Václavík (eds.). (2013). Náboženství v laboratoři. Sociální studia 10/2: 7?114.
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Norenzayan, Ara, a Azim F. Shariff. (2008). The Origin and Evolution of Religious Prosociality. Science n. s. 322/5898: 58?62.
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Robert P. Abelson, Kurt P. Frey a Aiden P. Gregg. (2004). Experiments with the People. Revelations from Social Psychology.. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publisher.
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Shamoo, E.; Resnik, D. B. (2003). Responsible Conduct of Research.. Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press.
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