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| Course title | Quantitative Research Methods I |
| Course code | Soci2040 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 4.5 |
| Total Hours in Course | 121.5 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 16 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 32 |
| Date of course confirmation | 20/12/2011 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Course developers | |
| Mg. sc. soc., Valda Kronberga |
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course | |
| Course abstract | |
| Course introduces students with empirical research in sociology, emphasizing methods of quantitative data collection. There is shown specifity of quantitative sociology, main types of quantitative researches un most popular information gathering methods, as well data summaring, processing, and analyzing and results presentation. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| Knowledge - of empirical social studies, with an emphasis on specifics of quantitative data acquisition method
Skills - quantitative data collection, processing and analysis and the resulting data presentation types Competence - understanding of society processes and their research necessity; to analyse and evaluate sociological researches. |
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| Compulsory reading | |
| 1. Gray D.E. Doing Research in the Real World. London ...[etc.]: Sage Publications, 2004. 422 p.
2. Neuman W.L. Social research methods. Qualitative and Quantitative approaches. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2011. 631 p. 3. Robson C. Real world research:a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings. Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 586 p. 4. Singh, K. Quantitative social research methods. Los Angeles ... [etc.]: Sage Publications, 2007. 431 p. |
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| Further reading | |
| 1. Content analysis. Edited by Franzosi R. London ... [etc.] : SAGE Publications, 2008. Volume 4.
2. Questionnaires Edited by Bulmer M. London [etc.]: SAGE Publications, 2004. Volume 4. 3. The SAGE handbook of social research methods. Edited by Alasuutari P., Bickman L., Brannen J. Los Angeles ... [etc.]: SAGE Publications, 2008. 631 p. |
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| Periodicals and other sources | |
| 1. European Journal of Social Theory. SAGE Publications. 2011. ISSN: 1461-7137.
2. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. Journal of the Social Research Association. 2010. ISSN: 1464-5300. 3. Organizational Research Methods. Journal of the Research Methods Division of Academy of Management (USA). SAGE Publications. 2010. ISSN 1094-4281. |
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