1. SylabUZ
2. Wydział Nauk Społecznych
3. semestr zimowy 2018/2019
4. Sociology - drugiego stopnia z tyt. magistra
5. Analysis of European Data

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Analysis of European Data - opis przedmiotu

Cel przedmiotu

The aim of the course is to equip students with knowledge about all sorts of social studies, which become the basis for the diagnosis of phenomena and processes taking place in contemporary Europe. Students will be introduced to  the rules of conducting, analysis and interpretation of the international and foreign sociological, demographic, statistical, etc. data, in particular the data from the international comparative studies will be taken into account. Based on examples of such studies, the student will be able to get acquainted with the latest methods of data analysis and the latest statistical programs for comparative analyses. The intention of the lecturer is to familiarize students with the capability of determining the trends and tendencies of social development on the basis of compilation data from empirical research, European opinion polls, statistical data, demographic data and  the European official data.

Wymagania wstępne

Zapisz zmiany

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Zakres tematyczny

1. Specifics of the international comparative studies, macro-macro and macro-micro explanations.
2. Methodology of international comparative studies, the principle of the need for the discriminatory background.
3. International quantitative research.
4. Positional characteristics, relational characteristics, subject equivalence, measurement and temporal-processual equivalence.
5. International Social Survey Program,European Social Survey, Eurobarometer, Eurostat etc. research as a source of knowledge about the phenomena and processes taking place in modern Europe.
6. Comparative analysis on the basis of sociological, demographic, statistical data etc.
7. Harmonization of data from different quantitative studies methodological challenges.

Metody kształcenia

working with a source document, working with a computer (search for websites with social, demographic data, etc.), group work, classic problem-solving method, discussion, presentation in Power Point, classes.

Efekty uczenia się i metody weryfikacji osiągania efektów uczenia się

Opis efektu	Symbole efektów	Metody weryfikacji	Forma zajęć

Warunki zaliczenia

 

Form of assessment of classes	Remarks
Grade	Yes
Preparation of a project  in writing  and presentation in the classroom.	Written work on a selected topic related to current social problems that appear in Europe, prepared on the basis of empirical data derived from the sources discussed in the classroom. Compliance with the topic, correct structure of work, language, reliability, independence of preparing work, proper selection of literature. The correct presentation, ability to answer questions about the presented material. The work shall consist of 3 parts, which verify: - ability to indicate the specifics of international comparative studies in the context of taken issues, gathering and sharing data policy; -ability to demonstrate how to search for, collect and adapt the data for own analysis and critical view on the usefulness of the data for the analysis of the research problem; -appropriateness of the adopted methods of presentation and analysis of data to comply with the problem, completeness  and accuracy of the conclusions and the ability to correctly and fully interpret the results with respect to the question of the problem.
Criteria for grade assessment of classes	The grade from the exercises is the arithmetic average of the grades from the three parts of the semester paper.

The final grade* is the grade of the classes

Literatura podstawowa

Kolczynska M. (2014), Representation of Southeast European Countries in International Survey Projects: Assessing Data Quality, [in:] Ask: Research and Methods. Volume 23, Issue 1 pp. 57-78.

Welfare attitudes in Europe: Topline Results from Round 4 of the European Social Survey

Economic Crisis, Quality of Work and Social Integration: Topline Results from Rounds 2 and 5 of the European Social Survey

Europeans’ Personal and Social Wellbeing: Topline Results from Round 6 of the European Social Survey

Attitudes towards Immigration and their Antecedents: Topline Results from Round 7 of the European Social Survey

European Data Sources: for example: Euroean Social Survey.

European Social Survey (http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/).

Eurostat (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat).

Literatura uzupełniająca

Dubrow, J. K. (2015), A Brief History of Survey Data Harmonization Projects, [in:]” Harmonization: Newsletter on Harmonization in the Social Sciences 1(1), p. 2 – 4.

Tomescu-Dubrow I. and Slomczynski K.M., (2015). “The Harmonization Project: Democratic Values and Protest Behavior in 22 International Survey Projects, [in] Ask: społeczeństwo, badania, metody. 1234-9224. Vol. 24, iss. 1 (2015), p. 57-61.

Nyćkowiak J. (2009), Political Activity: Is Trust in Democratic Institutions Really a Relevant Determinant?, [in] International Journal of Sociology vol. 39 No. 1, p. 49—61.

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