Overview
Lecturer
Lucian Marina
Seminar tutor
Alin Tomuș
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Social work
Field of study
Social work
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification
Entry requirements
None
Aims
To acquire the basic knowledge about the key components of social research
To develop skills and knowledge about quantitative and qualitative social research
To develop an understanding of various research designs and techniques
Develop a critical awareness of alternative methods and approaches
Acquire a broad range of skills transferable to subsequent careers
Course contents
Theories in Scientific Research,
Research Ethics.
Interview in social research
The observation
Sociological survey
Construction of the questionnaire as an instrument of sociological survey
Research Design: Measurement of Constructs, Scale Reliability and Validity, Sampling. Survey Research,
Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics. Quantitative Analysis: Inferential Statistics.
Learning outcomes
formulate researchable questions.
-define a research strategy and design a research project to answer a research question.
-discuss the practice and principles of qualitative and quantitative social research.
-be able to construct an effective questionnaire that employs several types of survey questions.
-construct an effective research proposal
Assessment
Written paper –– 60%; project assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
Quantity and Quality in Social Research
Bryman, A
Routledge, London, 1992 · 4-143
Social Research Methods
Bryman A.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012 · 3-353
Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices
Anol Bhattacherjee
University of South Florida, Tampa, 2012 · 1-136