Methodology of Social Research
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: SIMONA MANUELA GOZZOExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
No specific prerequisites are required
Required Prerequisites
Detailed Course Content
The program is aimed at providing basic knowledge on the fundamental characteristics of the social research method, with particular attention to standard research. The main goal is to know the essential concepts about methods of social research (Amaturo). Beside, students should apply basic skills for the realization of a research (Amaturo, Gozzo).
Textbook Information
- Amaturo E. metodologia della ricerca sociale, Utet 2012
- Gozzo S. Le condizioni della coesione. Micro-macro links per un processo da governare, Franco Angeli, Milano 2019 (Cap. 1,2,3,6)
- ONLY FOR L40 STUDENTS: GIorgetti E. e Massaro D., RIcerca e percorsi di analisi dei dati con SPSS, Pearson education 2007 (except the last chapter)
- Trobia A., Elementi di metodologia e tecniche della ricerca sociale, Aracne, Roma 2010 (CONSIGLIATO IN PARTICOLARE PER I NON FREQUENTANTI)
FURTHER INFORMATION DURING THE LESSONS
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concetti indicatori indici | Amaturo |
| 2 | Definizione operativa delle unità | Amaturo |
| 3 | Disegni di ricerca standard/non standard | Amaturo |
| 4 | Definizione operativa delle proprietà | Amaturo |
| 5 | Variabili | Amaturo |
| 6 | Campionamento | Amaturo |
| 7 | definizione operativa di coesione | Gozzo |
| 8 | vedi tutte le domande alla fine dei capitoli del testo a cura di Amaturo | Amaturo |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Non-attending students will have to take a single oral exam
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
what is meant by intrusiveness
principles for a correct classification
what is an indicator
how can the validity and reliability of an indicator be detected
tell me about Marradi's criticisms of Stevens
Take an example of a categorical variable