54510 - Methodology of Social Research

Academic Year 2008/2009

  • Docente: Piergiorgio Corbetta
  • Credits: 7
  • SSD: SECS-S/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Social Educator (cod. 0520)

Learning outcomes

During the course principal research techniques will be presented; in the final part of  course some space will be devoted to the data analysis. The aim of the course is to give to students the basic knowlwdge needed to conduct a very simple social research and to critically analyze a social research report.

Course contents

- From theory to research

- The survey

- Official statistical documents

- Data analysis: monovariate analysis

- Data analysis: bivariate analysis

 

Readings/Bibliography

Piergiorgio Corbetta, La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche, Bologna, Il Mulino
Vol II. Le tecniche quantitative: Cap. I: par. from 1 to 6. Cap. III: par. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Cap. V: all

Vol IV. L'analisi dei dati: Cap. II: par. 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 13. Cap. III: par. 1, 2 (with exclusion of 2.5, 2.6), par. 7.1

Alternatively:
Piergiorgio Corbetta, Metodologia e tecniche della ricerca sociale, Bologna, Il Mulino
Cap. III: par. da 1 a 6. Cap. V: par. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Cap. VII: all. Cap. XII: par. 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 13. Cap. XIII: par. 1, 2 (with exclusion of 2.5, 2.6), par. 7.1.

The two programs are identical; they utilize the same text, published in two different issues, one in just one volume, the other in four different little volumes (the first and the third are is not necessary for this exam).

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures

Assessment methods

Final written exam: multiple choice test and data analysis exercises

Teaching tools

No special tools

Office hours

See the website of Piergiorgio Corbetta