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Lecturer(s)
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Sýkorová Dana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction to the study of the subject. Scientific research (methodology, scientific method). Social scientific research. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Research as a process. Linear - quantitative research (preparatory - project phase, implementation phase - data collection, final phase - analysis and interpretation of data). Developmental - qualitative research. Research project of quantitative research, its structure: Research topic (research area, research topic). Research objective. Research question. Hypotheses. Quantitative research as a process of testing hypotheses. Principles of formulating a hypothesis. Operationalization of hypotheses. Methods of sociological research. Mathematical-statistical, historical, comparative and typological method, monographic method, social scientific experiment. Research techniques. Data collection techniques. The principle of plurality of methods and techniques within the framework of a research event. From hypotheses to the construction of data collection techniques (see operationalization). Questionnaire. Possibilities and limits. Principles of questionnaire construction: Ordering questions - dramaturgy of questioning. Types of questions in interview techniques. Principles of question formulation. Interview. Types of interviews (individual and group; structured, semi-structured, unstructured) and their characteristics. Principles of construction. Principles of application (interviewer and respondent interaction). Selection and preparation of interviewers. Specific types of interview techniques (online interviewing, telephone interviewing, etc.). Observation technique. Characteristics, possibilities and limits of application of standardized and non-standardized, overt and covert observation. Preparation and principles of application of the technique. Study of documents. General characteristics of research techniques, types of documents. Fields of application, documents in quantitative and qualitative research. Quantitative content analysis of documents. Classification scheme. Analytical categories, analytical units, counting units (quantification process). Experiment technique. Possibilities and limits of its use in social sciences. Principles of organization and implementation of the experiment. See the Moodle UPOL for details.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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Students will learn to formulate a research problem, develop a project for simple sociological (quantitative) research, including the construction and verification of selected data collection techniques. The focus of the course is the teamwork of students on a research project in exercises. Exercises will follow lectures that will provide students with theoretical support for designing their own research. In exercises, students will present the fulfillment of assigned tasks - parts of the research project in the form of a pptx presentation.
Competences in the scope of the course objective
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Prerequisites
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No prior requirements.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Seminar Work
Students will learn to formulate a research problem, develop a project for simple sociological (quantitative) research, including the construction and verification of selected data collection techniques. Mandatory participation in exercises (one absence is permissible), completion of assigned tasks and active participation in teamwork and discussion in exercises. Method of completion: Credit, exam - defense of a sociological research project (students submit the research project no later than three days before the exam). See the Moodle UPOL for details.
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Recommended literature
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Bryman, A. Social research methods. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2001..
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Disman, M. (2000). Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Příručka pro uživatele.. Praha.
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KUBÁTOVÁ, H. 2007 Sociologický výzkum. Studijní texty pro kombinované studium. Olomouc: FF UP..
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LEVY, D., J. Co je společenská realita? Brno: Proglas, 1993..
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Petrusek, M. Teorie a metoda v moderní sociologii. Univerzita Karlova, Karolinum, Praha 1993.
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PUNCH, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0980-5..
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Silverman, D. (2005). Ako robiť kvalitatívny výskum.. Bratislava.
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Strauss, A., Corbinová, J.:. Základy kvalitativního výzkumu. Boskovice 1999..
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