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European Statiscics Analysis - course description

General information
Course name European Statiscics Analysis
Course ID 14.2-WP-SOC-ADE
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2021/2022
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 3
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr hab. Dorota Szaban, prof. UZ
Classes forms
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

Aim of the course

Presentation of various social research, which are the base of social phenomena and changes diagnosis in contemporary Europe. The course is a guide how to conduct, analyze and interpret international and foreign social data. The goal is to present the techniques of comparative research.

Prerequisites

Completed any of research methods and data analysis course.

Scope

International comparative research – basic principles and examples, Macro-micro and macro-macro explanations; International comparative research methodology, Quantitative and Qualitative international research; World-system research.

Teaching methods

Academically supervised student-governed problem oriented project work.

Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations

Class/group project.

Problem solving or case studies

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Individual assessment based on active participation during the course.

Group-Project report plus group oral defense of the project report.

Recommended reading

  1. Billiet J., Matsuo H., Beullens K., Vehovar V. (2009) Non-Response Bias in Cross-National Surveys:Designs for Detection and Adjustment in the ESS [ w:] ASK, nr.18
  2. Dubrow J.K., (2010), Cross Nattional Measures of Poland Inequality of Voice[w:] ASK, nr.19
  3. Kolsrud K., Midtsaeter H., Orten H., Kalgraff Skjåk K. and Øvrebø O-P., (2010),
    Processing, Archiving and Dissemination of ESS data. The Work of the Norvegian Social Science Data Services [w:] ASK, nr.19

Further reading

  1. Sztabinski P.B., Sztabiński F., Przybysz D. (2009), How Does Length of Fieldwork Period Influence Non-Response? Findings from ESS 2 in Poland, nr.18 
  2. Tomescu-Dubrow I., Domański H. (2010), How to Model Parental Education Effects on Men and Women's Attaintment? Cross-National Assessments of Different Approaches, [w:] ASK, nr.19

Notes

*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 Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 15-04-2021 19:17)