SylabUZ
| Course name | Quantitative Research Methods |
| Course ID | 14.2-WP-SOC-MBI |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Field of study | WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | First-cycle Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Head faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| ECTS credits to win | 6 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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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 |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
To instruct students in techniques and methods of quantitative research methods in sociology. The main part of the course is focused on surveys. To get students acquainted with subsequent steps of conducting a survey.
No special prerequisites
Quantitative research methods in sociology – interviews, CATI, CAPI, CAWI, mailed survey, self-collected data survey.
Representative surveys.
Type of questions in a questionnaire. Conditions of conducting a survey – the role of the place, social environment.
Interview results.
Longitudinal studies.
Non-response rate. Interviewer’s effect.
Academically supervised student-governed problem oriented project work.
Explaining and lecturing
Lecture with discussion
Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Open textbook study.
Class/group project.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Written examination in form of a test. The assessment is performed in accordance with the 5-point grading scale.
Individual assessment based on active participation during the course.
Project report plus group oral defense of the project report.
D. Silverman, Doing Qualitative Research, Thousand Oaks, London 2000.
The most classes are group workshops in case of individual student the work will be done individually and the topic a bit simplified.
*the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.
Modified by dr Jarosław Wagner (last modification: 08-07-2020 17:37)
