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| Course name | Empirical Problems of Sociology |
| Course ID | 14.2-WP-SOCDA- EPS |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Field of study | Sociology |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 4 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | polish |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 15 | 1 | - | - | Exam |
| Class | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with selected issues related to the problems of social differentiation in both theoretical and empirical terms, as well as to prepare students to recognize and analyze contemporary problems of social diversity.
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1. Sources in sociological research.
2. Quantitative research and qualitative research.
3. Questionnaire interview and its determinants.
4. Poll
5. Questionnaire. Rules for creating a questionnaire. Types of questions and disadvantages of questionnaire questions.
6. Observation
7. Interview free, in-depth, narrative.
8. Focus group interviews.
9. Constructing research tools for particular types of research.
10. Preparation of the research concept using selected research methods (among those discussed in the classroom).
11. Field implementation of the study, data analysis and presentation of results.
Teaching methods are a conventional lecture. The content in the thematic scope of the exercises are carried out by means of group work, work with source material, work with the text, discussion.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Assessment of exercises based on project evaluation (research project - from concept preparation, through field implementation of the study using one or several known methods or techniques and presentation of results containing elements of self-criticism, the presented results are discussed in the group).
Passing lectures - written exam
The final grade in the subject is the arithmetic average of the exam grade and the exercise grade.
Babbie E. (2014), The practice of social research, Cengage Learning, Belmont.
Creswell J. W. (2013), Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Sage Publications, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington.
Gerring J., (2017), Case Study Research. Principles and Practices, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Mis B. A. (2012), Quantitative Research: An Introduction, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston.
O′Dwyer L., Bernauer J. A. (2014), Quantitative Research for the Qualitative Researcher, Sage Publications, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington.
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Modified by dr Tomasz Kołodziej (last modification: 16-04-2020 09:50)
