Syllabus
* Structure of Lessons:
1. Role of empirical research in sociology, basic terms.
2. Specifics of quantitative research, measuring.
3. Research procedures, types of research.
4. Subject of research, hypotheses.
5. Operationalization, variables, their types and relations.
6. Quality of data, validity and reliability.
7. Techniques of quantitative research.
8. Standardized inquiry, questionnaire, questions.
9. Object of research, target population.
10. Sampling procedures.
11. Interviewers, interviewing, interviewer’s networks.
Annotation
The main aim of this course is to teach students the principles of the general methodology of quantitative sociological research. The course provides students with knowledge of basic quantitative research methods and is focused mainly on the preparation of questionnaires.
Attention will be paid to the formulation of research problems, identification and conceptualization, the choice of appropriate research strategies and also on instrument, operationalization, research project preparation and lastly the construction of questionnaires.