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| SOCI0113-1 | Survey Research
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| Duration : | 30h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | N... |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | After a historic outline of the evolution of the quantitative survey and the opinion poll, the course deals in the first part with:
1. Elementary statistical notions of the theory of opinion polls;
2. Various types of samples and different sample probability methods;
3. Shaping of the questions and the questionnaire of inquiry;
4. Interpretation of the survey results.
The second part of the course consists in the presentation and the critical discussion (in the form of seminars) of a portfolio of readings concerning the problems of methodological, socio-political, ethical order, connected to the practice of polls and to the distribution of their results. |
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| Course objective : | Initiation of the students into techniques and into critical examination of the sample survey. |
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| Prerequisites : | None |
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| Written notes : | - Reference book: notes and portfolio of reading distributed during the course.
- Compulsory readings: articles of the portfolio of reading.
- Advised readings: Ardilly (P.). Les techniques de sondage, Paris, Ed. Technip, 1994 - Ghiglione (R.), Matalon (B.), Les enquêtes sociologiques, théories et pratique, Paris, A. Colin, 1988. |
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| Assessment : | oral examination for both sessions |
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| Contacts : | Institut de Sc.Humaines et Sociales, B31
Tel. 04 366 31 70 - Fax 04 366 45 20
Teaching assistant
Frédéric HESELMANS
Tel. 04 366 30 72
Secretary
Marina SALERNO
Tel. 04 366 31 61 |
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