Sociologia | METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

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METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

	0312300008
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2016/2017

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO

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

TEACHING UNITS

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

	Objectives
	THE COURSE WILL DEALS WITH THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH PROCESS RELATED TO THE COLLECTION, INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMATION. MORE SPECIFICALLY THE LOGICAL PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH DESIGNS WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE COURSE AIMS AT DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS NEEDED TO USE THE LOGIC SET OF RULES AND CRITERIA FOR THE RESEARCH EVALUATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES. ALSO IT FOCUSES ON HOW THE RESULTS ARE STRUCTURED, PRESENTED AND COMMUNICATED THROUGH RESEARCH REPORTS. THE COURSE WILL 1) ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH QUESTIONS 2) PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO APPLY METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO NEW PROBLEMS AND ISSUES ALSO RELATED TO INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS 3) PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE, PROCESS AND ANALYZE QUANTITATIVE DATA THROUGH SPECIFIC SOFTWARE (EG. SPSS) 4) DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND WITHOUT AMBIGUITY THE RESULTS ACHIEVED THROUGH A PROPER USE OF RESEARCH TOOLS, THE KNOWLEDGE AND RATIONALE UNDERPINNING THEM, TO SPECIALIST AND NON-SPECIALIST

THE COURSE WILL DEALS WITH THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH PROCESS RELATED TO THE COLLECTION, INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMATION. MORE SPECIFICALLY THE LOGICAL PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH DESIGNS WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE COURSE AIMS AT DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS NEEDED TO USE THE LOGIC SET OF RULES AND CRITERIA FOR THE RESEARCH EVALUATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES. ALSO IT FOCUSES ON HOW THE RESULTS ARE STRUCTURED, PRESENTED AND COMMUNICATED THROUGH RESEARCH REPORTS.
THE COURSE WILL
1) ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH QUESTIONS
2) PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO APPLY METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO NEW PROBLEMS AND ISSUES ALSO RELATED TO INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS
3) PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE, PROCESS AND ANALYZE QUANTITATIVE DATA THROUGH SPECIFIC SOFTWARE (EG. SPSS)
4) DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND WITHOUT AMBIGUITY THE RESULTS ACHIEVED THROUGH A PROPER USE OF RESEARCH TOOLS, THE KNOWLEDGE AND RATIONALE UNDERPINNING THEM, TO SPECIALIST AND NON-SPECIALIST

	Prerequisites
	STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE PASSED THE STATISTICS EXAM.

	Contents
	THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE METHODS AND THE MAIN TECHNIQUES USED IN SOCIAL RESEARCH. MORE SPECIFICALLY, STARTING FROM THE CONCEPTUALIZATION PROCEDURES OF THE COGNITIVE AIM, THE COURSE WILL FACE WITH THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH DESIGN, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE COLLECTION AND DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES . ELEMENTS OF METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH: CONCEPTS, VARIABLES, INDICATORS, INDEXES. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH DESIGN DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES: SAMPLE SURVEY, QUESTIONNAIRE BUILDING, ORGANIZATION AND METHOD OF INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCALING TECHNIQUES, KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF STATISTICAL SOURCES DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES: UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS (MATRIX CXV, DISTRIBUTIONS OF FREQUENCY, MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY, MEASURES OF VARIABILITY, GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS, VARIABLE TRANSFORMATIONS); BIVARIATE ANALYSIS (RELATIONS BETWEEN VARIABLES, TABLES OF CONTINGENCY, ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, REGRESSION AND CORRELATION).

Contents

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE METHODS AND THE MAIN TECHNIQUES USED IN SOCIAL RESEARCH. MORE SPECIFICALLY, STARTING FROM THE CONCEPTUALIZATION PROCEDURES OF THE COGNITIVE AIM, THE COURSE WILL FACE WITH THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH DESIGN, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE COLLECTION AND DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES .
ELEMENTS OF METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH: CONCEPTS, VARIABLES, INDICATORS, INDEXES.
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH DESIGN
DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES: SAMPLE SURVEY, QUESTIONNAIRE BUILDING, ORGANIZATION AND METHOD OF INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCALING TECHNIQUES, KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF STATISTICAL SOURCES
DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES: UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS (MATRIX CXV, DISTRIBUTIONS OF FREQUENCY, MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY, MEASURES OF VARIABILITY, GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS, VARIABLE TRANSFORMATIONS); BIVARIATE ANALYSIS (RELATIONS BETWEEN VARIABLES, TABLES OF CONTINGENCY, ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, REGRESSION AND CORRELATION).

	Teaching Methods
	FRONTAL LECTURES, EXERCISES ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH PACKAGE SOFTWARE

	Verification of learning
	TEST

	Texts
	1) CORBETTA P. (2003), "LA RICERCA SOCIALE: METODOLOGIA E TECNICHE. VOLUME II. LE TECNICHE QUANTITATIVE", BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2003 (CAPITOLI 1, 3, 4, 5, 6). 2) CORBETTA P. "LA RICERCA SOCIALE: METODOLOGIA E TECNICHE. VOLUME IV. L'ANALISI DEI DATI", BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2003 (CAPITOLI 2 E 3). 3) ISTAT, "COME CAMBIA LA VITA DELLE DONNE" 2004-2014, (CAPITOLI 1, 2, 3); REPERIBILE AL SITO:HTTP://WWW.ISTAT.IT/IT/FILES/2015/12/COME-CAMBIA-LA-VITA-DELLE-DONNE.PDF?TITLE=COME+CAMBIA+LA+VITA+DELLE+DONNE+-+22%2FDIC%2F2015+-+VOLUME+%28PDF%29.PDF

Texts

1) CORBETTA P. (2003), "LA RICERCA SOCIALE: METODOLOGIA E TECNICHE. VOLUME II. LE TECNICHE QUANTITATIVE", BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2003 (CAPITOLI 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
2) CORBETTA P. "LA RICERCA SOCIALE: METODOLOGIA E TECNICHE. VOLUME IV. L'ANALISI DEI DATI", BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2003 (CAPITOLI 2 E 3).
3) ISTAT, "COME CAMBIA LA VITA DELLE DONNE" 2004-2014, (CAPITOLI 1, 2, 3); REPERIBILE AL SITO:HTTP://WWW.ISTAT.IT/IT/FILES/2015/12/COME-CAMBIA-LA-VITA-DELLE-DONNE.PDF?TITLE=COME+CAMBIA+LA+VITA+DELLE+DONNE+-+22%2FDIC%2F2015+-+VOLUME+%28PDF%29.PDF