1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Social Sciences
3. winter term 2022/2023
4. Sociology - Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree
5. Methods of Testing Users Needs

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Methods of Testing Users Needs - course description

Aim of the course

To acquaint students with the methods and techniques of research that are dedicated to the identification of needs in many dimensions - both consumer and life.

Prerequisites

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Scope

1. Typologies of needs
2. Analysis of internal and external needs
3. Methods of testing consumer needs
4. Information needs research methods
5. Stakeholder analysis
6. SWOT analysis

Teaching methods

Group and workshop work; work with source text, discussion, e-learning, blended learning

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Preparation of the research process project on a selected topic. Compliance with the topic, correct work structure, language, reliability, independence of the work, appropriate selection of the literature of the subject. The evaluation of the exercises will be the assessment of the prepared project.

Recommended reading

1. Babbie E. The practice of social research, 13th edition.
2. Creswell J. W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 4th Edition 4th Edition.
3. Gerring J. (2017), Case Study Research. Principles and Practices Cambridge University Press.
4. Kuniavsky M., Goodman E., Moed A.– „Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research”
5. Plano Clark, V. L., Creswell, J. W., The Mixed Methods Reader, SAGE Publication, Los Angeles, 2008; rozdz. 1, 7, 9.

Further reading

Payne G., & Payne J. (2004), Key concepts in social research. Sage.

Terre Blanche M. T., Terre Blanche M. J. T., Durrheim K., Painter D. (2006), Research in Practice: Applied Methods for the Social Sciences, Juta and Company Ltd,.

Bazuń D. (2016),The parcitipation of social sientists in revival diagnoses and consultations, [in:] Rocznik Lubuski: Good Connections. Trust, cooperation and education in the mirror of social sciences .- 2016, volume 2, part. 2a, p. 125--135,

1. Nyćkowiak J. (2014), Construction and Use of a Relational Database to Analyze the Careers of Professional Politicians in Poland, 1985–2007, [in] Ask. Vol. 23 (1, 2014): 115–134.
2. Stier Adler E., Clark R. (2008), How It’s Done. An Invitation to Social Research, 2008
3. International Journal of Sociology 42(4): Sociodemographic Differentiation in a Dynamic Perspective: The Polish Panel Survey, POLPAN 1988–2008., 2013.
4. International Journal of Sociology 42(1): Structural Constraints, Gender, and Images of Inequality: The Polish Panel Survey, POLPAN 1988-2008.
5. Europeans’ Understandings and Evaluations of Democracy: Topline Results from Round 6 of the European Social Survey
6. Trust in Justice: Topline Results from Round 5 of the European Social Survey
7. Additional materials prepared by the teacher.

Notes

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Modified by dr Tomasz Kołodziej (last modification: 15-04-2022 12:58)