Course content (Lectures):
Basic characteristic, types and phases of sociology research
Theoretic preparation of sociology project, formulation of the research problem, hypotheses, definition and operationalisation the concepts
Choose and preparing of research methods, sampling,
Proces sociologického výzkumu: pilotáž, předvýzkum, terénní sběr dat
Questioning, questionaire, interview
Standard and nonstandard observation, desk research, content analysis, social experiment in sociology research
Qualitative reseach, procedure and methods
Special methods of data collection
Report processing, final report from the sociology research
Presentations of the final research results, ethic principles in the sociology research
Short Annotation: The main objective of the course is to introduce the students to the all basic methods and technics of empiric research. This course provides overview about all technics data collection, i. e. questioning, observation, experiment and desk research.
The course briefs students about basic methods of qualitative research.