| Module Title and Purpose | 1. Name of the module
Methodology of the scientific work |
| 2. The aim of the course:
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In
order to enable students to carry out independent scientific work, the
basic methods for data collecting and analysis will be presented. On
the basis of that knowledge, students will qualify for the
investigation and analysis of different social phenomena and for the
formulation of scientific attitudes to them. |
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| Module Delivery | 3. Contents:
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During
the course, the folowing topics will be discussed: basic philosophical
aspects of scientific investigation, ethical issues, research design,
sampling (nonprobability sampling, probability sampling), methods for
the data collecting and analysis (observation, mail questionnaire,
telephone survey, the schedule-structured interview, focused interview,
the nondirective interview, biographical method, experiment, content
analysis, demographic approach). Also, practical advice about
scientific writing will be given (for example, how to write an essay,
an article, master's thesis etc.).
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Teachers'
lectures will be supported by different technical appliances, depending
on the lecture topic. The aims of the lectures are: a) to present new
content to the students and b) to motivate them to take an active role
in the lecture organization. During the classes, bilateral
communication and group work will be encouraged. |
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| 4. Indicative Reading:
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Strauss Anelm, Juliet Corbin, Basics of Qualitative Research, SAGE Publication, Thousand Oaks-London-New Delhi, 1996
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Camp Richaurd, Mary E. Vielhaber, Jack L. Simonetti, Strategic Interviewing, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2001 |
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Mitchell Mark, Janina Jolley, Research Design Explained, Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch College Publishers, Orlando, 1992 |
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Corbin
Juliet, Anselm Strauss, Grounded Theory Research: Procedures,
Canons, and Evaluative Criteria, Qualitative Sociology, 13 (1990), 3-21 |
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| Module Assessment | 6. Results of the course:
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During
the course, students will master the use of the basic research methods
in social sciences. In addition to that, they will learn how to express
their thoughts and conclusions through different forms of professional
and scientific papers.
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7. Assessment Methods:
Number, Type and Weighting of Elements:
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| Module Management |
8. Credit Points and Duration:
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9. Module Leaders:
Prof. dr Gordana Vuksanović |