731344 Survey research in the social sciences
- Type
- Seminar
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2023
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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(i) research design- introduction: problem identification, development of research objectives and hypotheses, model specification
(ii) quantitative research: questionnaire design, data collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation of results, practical work with data sets using SPSS
(iii) guidelines for qualitative research, interpretative methodology
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- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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1. To understand the purpose of research and the appropriate approaches and methods for performing research with a special focus on questionnaire design and interview methods.
2. To become familiar with the procedures typically used in applied social science research, especially in attitude measurement, questionnaire design and interviewing.
3. To prepare and present a seminar work (to be determined within the seminar).
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You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.