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Applied Sociology: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:17.09.2021 08:55:11
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_138 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Trapenciere | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of social subjects at the level of upper secondary school. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire knowledge, skills and competences to perform quantitative and qualitative sociological research. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Applied sociology. Use of sociological research in social work. Quantitative and qualitative approach and design in applied sociological research. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Survey characteristics and development. Types of questions. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Interview method. Plan of the interview, preparation for the interview, interviewing, transcript, basic coding. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Focus group discussions. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Analysis and interpretation of empirical data. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Presentation of sociological research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Applied sociology. Use of sociological research in social work. Quantitative and qualitative approach and design in applied sociological research. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Survey characteristics and development. Types of questions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Interview method. Plan of the interview, preparation for the interview, interviewing, transcript, basic coding. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Focus group discussions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Analysis and interpretation of empirical data. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Presentation of sociological research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students practice various research tasks and present them. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Attendance. 2. Presentation of independent work. 3. Exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful course completion students understand, define and explain the basic principles of the sociological research methods. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students know how to use the sociological research methods in real sociological investigations and research. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to employ the most appropriate and most effective sociological research methods for the research of social problems and in the analysis and interpretation of research data. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kroplijs, A., Raščevska, M. Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs. - Rīga: Raka, 2010. | ||||||||
| 2 | Mārtinsone, K., Pipere, A. et al. (sast.) Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes. - Raka, 2011. | ||||||||
| 3 | Blaikie, N. Designing social research: the logic of anticipation. - Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010. | ||||||||
| 4 | Creswell, J. W. Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. 3rd ed. - Thousand Oaks (Calif.); London: SAGE Publications, 2018. | ||||||||
| 5 | Neuman, W. L. Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. 5th edition. - Allan & Bacon, 2014. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bryman, A. Social research methods. 3rd ed. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. | ||||||||
| 2 | Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. K. Mārtinsones, A. Piperes, D. Kamerādes zinātniskajā redakcijā. - RaKa. 2016. | ||||||||
| 3 | Walliman, N. Research methods: the basics. - Routledge, 2017. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ядов, В. Я. Стратегия социологического исследования: Описание, объяснение, понимание социальной реальности. - Москва: «Добросвет», 2009. | ||||||||
| 5 | Zirnīte, M., Garda-Rozenberga, I. Mutvārdu vēsture un dzīvesstāsti: vadlīnijas intervētājiem un atmiņu rakstītājiem. - LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts, Latvijas Mutvārdu vēstures pētnieku asociācija Dzīvesstāsts. 2014. | ||||||||
| 6 | Lūse, A. (sast., red.) Cilvēks. Dzīve. Stāstījums: rakstu krājums. - Latvijas Antropologu biedrība, LU Literatūras, folkloras un mākslas institūts, 2002. | ||||||||
| 7 | Trapenciere, I. Transition trajectories from youth institutional care to adulthood. // SHS Web of Conferences: Proceedings. - EDP Sciences, 2018. - Vol.51 | ||||||||
| 8 | Trapenciere, I. Par kvalitatīvo un kvantitatīvo metožu izmantošanu nabadzības pētījumos. // Zirnīte, M. (sast.). Dzīvesstāsti: Vēsture, kultūra, sabiedrība. - LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts. 2007., 258.-268.lpp. | ||||||||
| 9 | Elksne, G. "No upenēm līdz kartupeļiem": laika ritums lauku cilvēka dzīves tēlojumā. // Vērtības: Latvija un Eiropa: kolektīva monogrāfija divos sējumos / (zinātniskā redaktore un sastādītāja Kūle, M.). - LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts, 2016, 2. sēj. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | LR Ministru kabineta Pētījumu un publikāciju datu bāze | ||||||||
| 2 | Interneta materiāli: Kā veikt fokusgrupu diskusiju. Kā veikt kvalitatīvu interviju. Mutvārdu vēstures pētījumi Latvijā. | ||||||||
