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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Sociology & Anthropology
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Assaf Amit
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Assaf Amit,
Mr. gilad cohen,
Ms. Efrat Asulin
Course/Module description:
The goal of the course is to teach the basis of quantitative research through practice of research planning, data collection and data analysis.
It is our hope that this course will bring you closer to quantitative research and even help you enjoy it!
We will learn about different types of quantitative research, focus on the relations between theory, operationalization and measurement. We will learn about validity, reliability, causality and sampling methods.
We will write a research questionnaire, learn how to code the variables and create a data file, and conduct basic analyses, including regression.
We will also learn about the usage of existing data, different experimental designs and network analysis. We will end the course with discussing ethics in research.
Course/Module aims:
To develop tools for understanding and conducting different types of quantitative research.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Reading and understanding quantitative research;
Understanding how to plan quantitative research, design a research question and hypotheses;
Conduct data collection and design an SPSS file for data analyses and hypotheses testing.
Attendance requirements(%):
No attendance required but highly advised
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course and exercises
Course/Module Content:
Intro to philosophy of science; theory and concepts; research questions and hypotheses, internal and external validity, reliability, questionnaires, experimental design, network analysis and research ethics.
Required Reading:
פוֹפּר, ק. 1977. "מדע: השערות והפרכות". מתוך פילוסופיה של המדע, ספר מקורות. 23-1.
קוּן, ת. ס. 1977. "הדרך למדע תיקני". מתוך המבנה של מהפכות מדעיות (תרגם מאנגלית: יהודה מלצר).מפעלים אוניברסיטאיים הוצאה לאור, עמ' 20-28
מתוך שיטות מחקר במדעי החברה: עקרונות המחקר וסגנונותיו מהדורה שנייה, 2013 האוניברסיטה הפתוחה
יחידה 2: 125-154, 155-176
יחידה 3: 209-227, 235-268
יחידה 5: 115-136, 153-167
יחידה 6: 84-105
Additional Reading Material:
None
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 60 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 40 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Grade components:
Task A - 10%
Task B - 10%
Task C - 20%
Final test - 60%
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