- Code
- PSD 201
- Name
- Research Methods in Social Sciences
- Semester
- 0
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
- Objectives
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to Research methods.
- 2
- Choosing a research question, aims and hypotheses. Independent and dependent variables
- 3
- The experimental study method.
- 4
- Observational study methods. Qualitative and quantitative methods
- 5
- Content analysis and case studies
- 6
- The experiment as a social situation. Participant expectations and demand characteristics. Reducing bias
- 7
- Literature review
- 8
- Mid term exam
- 9
- Group studies and focus groups.
- 10
- Sampling. Methods of choosing a sample. Sample size Controlling variables. Counterbalancing. Confounding variables.
- 11
- How to build a survey and how to use questionnaires?
- 12
- Interviews and qualitative studies.
- 13
- Data representation in reports. Graphical presentations.
- 14
- Writing scientific reserach reports
- 15
- Ethical issues in research. Ethnocentric and cultural biases
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Conduct online searches of the empirical literature.
- 2
- Student will be able to discuss the importance of research ethics and to explain the concept of ethics
- 3
- Understand the logic and implications of experimental designs, the use of correlational research and quasi-experimental design.
- 4
- Gain knowledge of observational research, survey research, and case studies.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 0 0% 0%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 50%
- Final exam percent
- 50%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 10 10
- Midterms
- 1 10 10
- Final exam
- 1 15 15
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00