Scienze della Comunicazione | METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

cod. 0312200017

METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

	0312200017
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

	COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
	2014/2015

CURRICULUM COMUNICAZIONE D'IMPRESA E COMUNICAZIONE PUBBLICA

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/07	9	60	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	READING AND INTERPRETING CHARTS, TABLES, PLOTS, AND RESEARCH PAPERS; BEING ABLE TO CREATE AND DEVELOP A RIGOROUS RESEARCH DESIGN; TO BE ABLE TO USE CRITICALLY MAIN DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; LEARNING HOW TO WRITE A WELL-DOCUMENTED RESEARCH PAPER; TO GAIN BASIC METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO CARRY OUT MORE COMPLEX RESEARCH DESIGN AND TO PERFORM MORE SOPHISTICATED DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES.

READING AND INTERPRETING CHARTS, TABLES, PLOTS, AND RESEARCH PAPERS;
BEING ABLE TO CREATE AND DEVELOP A RIGOROUS RESEARCH DESIGN;
TO BE ABLE TO USE CRITICALLY MAIN DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES;
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE A WELL-DOCUMENTED RESEARCH PAPER;
TO GAIN BASIC METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO CARRY OUT MORE COMPLEX RESEARCH DESIGN AND TO PERFORM MORE SOPHISTICATED DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS: METHODOLOGY, METHOD, TECHNIQUE, EPISTEMOLOGY, GNOSEOLOGY; REALITY, THINKING AND LANGUAGE; CONCEPTS, ASSERTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE; STANDARD (QUANTITATIVE) AND NON STANDARD (QUALITATIVE) APPROACHES TO SOCIAL SCIENCE; FROM PROPERTIES TO VARIABLES: OPERATIONAL DEFINITION; HOW TO BUILD A DATA MATRIX; UNIT OF ANALYSIS, REFERENCE POPULATION, SAMPLING; DATA TRUSTWORTHINESS AND VARIABLES RELIABILITY; CLASSIFICATION, COUNTING, MEASUREMENT, SCALING; INDICATORS, VALIDITY, INDEXES BUILDING; UNIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS; RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIABLES; HYPOTHESIS, THEORY, GENERALIZATION, LAW; NON STANDARD APPROACH AND HERMENEUTICS RESEARCH; HISTORY OF HERMENEUTICS THOUGHT; LIFEWORD AND SOCIAL RESEARCH; HOW TO CONDUCT AN HERMENEUTICS INTERVIEW; HERMENEUTICS INTERVIEW: CRITICISMS AND REPLIES.

Contents

PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS: METHODOLOGY, METHOD, TECHNIQUE, EPISTEMOLOGY, GNOSEOLOGY;
REALITY, THINKING AND LANGUAGE;
CONCEPTS, ASSERTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE;
STANDARD (QUANTITATIVE) AND NON STANDARD (QUALITATIVE) APPROACHES TO SOCIAL SCIENCE;
FROM PROPERTIES TO VARIABLES: OPERATIONAL DEFINITION;
HOW TO BUILD A DATA MATRIX;
UNIT OF ANALYSIS, REFERENCE POPULATION, SAMPLING;
DATA TRUSTWORTHINESS AND VARIABLES RELIABILITY;
CLASSIFICATION, COUNTING, MEASUREMENT, SCALING;
INDICATORS, VALIDITY, INDEXES BUILDING;
UNIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS;
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIABLES;
HYPOTHESIS, THEORY, GENERALIZATION, LAW;
NON STANDARD APPROACH AND HERMENEUTICS RESEARCH;
HISTORY OF HERMENEUTICS THOUGHT;
LIFEWORD AND SOCIAL RESEARCH;
HOW TO CONDUCT AN HERMENEUTICS INTERVIEW;
HERMENEUTICS INTERVIEW: CRITICISMS AND REPLIES.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES (ACADEMIC TAUGHT LESSONS) AND PRACTICE SESSIONS ON COURSE TOPICS.

	Verification of learning
	WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMINATION. THE OVERALL GRADE IS CALCULATED EVALUTATING THE RESULTS OF BOTH WRITTEN AND ORAL ASSESSMENTS.

	Texts
	A. MARRADI, METODOLOGIA DELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2007. G. DI FRANCO, DALLA MATRICE DEI DATI ALL'ANALISI TRIVARIATA. INTRODUZIONE ALL'ANALISI DEI DATI, FRANCOANGELI, 2011. P. MONTESPERELLI, COMUNICARE E INTERPRETARE: INTRODUZIONE ALL’ERMENEUTICA PER LA RICERCA SOCIALE (TITOLO PROVVISORIO), MILANO, EGEA, 2013OPTIONAL: P. MONTESPERELLI, SOCIOLOGIA DELLA MEMORIA, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI 2003.

Texts

A. MARRADI, METODOLOGIA DELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2007.
G. DI FRANCO, DALLA MATRICE DEI DATI ALL'ANALISI TRIVARIATA. INTRODUZIONE ALL'ANALISI DEI DATI, FRANCOANGELI, 2011.
P. MONTESPERELLI, COMUNICARE E INTERPRETARE: INTRODUZIONE ALL’ERMENEUTICA PER LA RICERCA SOCIALE (TITOLO PROVVISORIO), MILANO, EGEA, 2013OPTIONAL:
P. MONTESPERELLI, SOCIOLOGIA DELLA MEMORIA, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI 2003.