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| SOCI0085-1 | Practicing the questionnaire survey
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 20h Pr |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, à finalité spécialisée en science, technologie et société, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences, 3rd year | | 6 |
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| Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology, 3rd year | | 6 |
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| Lecturer : | Sébastien Fontaine, Marc Jacquemain |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long, with partial in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course will be essentially dedicated to the practical realization of a quantitative survey, form the formulation of the basic hypotheses until the production of a short report commenting the main results. The ten ours of theory will be dedicated to emphasize and develop the theoretical elements needed, in particular techniques of sampling and building of variables, such as they were introduced in the course "survey methodology" |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Following skills will be used during the course :
- Scientific literature review
- Formulation of the research question
- Realization of a survey questionnaire
- Choosing an sample
- Fieldwork for the survey
- Presentation of the results
- Writing a paper about the results |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Good knowledge of the course of "survey methodology" : indicators, variables, sampling |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Realization of the survey will be led in small groups, under the supervision of an assistant. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Theorical courses will take place at the beginning of the year. Practical realization of the survey will be launched at the beginning of the year and the reports are due for the beginning of the june session. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written examination on theoretical elements and revisions will take place during the month january. He will count for 25 % of the final note.
The rest (75 % ) will be attributed do the survey report.
The effective realization of the survey is a condition of the final success |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teacher : Marc Jacquemain
Marc.Jacquemain@ulg.ac.be
Associated teacher : Sébastien Fontaine
Sebastien.Fontaine@ulg.ac.be |
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