Course: Quantitative Survey Methods

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Course title Quantitative Survey Methods
Course code KUMK/KKVME
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, Czech, Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bačuvčík Radim, doc. Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Design of quantitative research. 2. Process of quantitative research. 3. Formulation of statistical hypotheses. 4. Methods and techniques of quantitative research in social sciences. 5. Creation of questionnaires and other tools for quantitative research. 6. Collection of quantitative data. 7. Hypothesis testing. 8. Statistical testing of data from sample and enumeration questions. 9. Statistical testing of numerical data. 10. Correlation and regression analysis. 11. Cluster analysis. 12. Statistical testing in commonly available and specialized statistical programs. 13. Data interpretation, rules for oral and written presentation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Exercises on PC
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 30 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
learning outcomes
knowledge of the principles of quantitative research design
knowledge of the principles of quantitative research design
knowledge of the specifics of individual methods of quantitative research
knowledge of the specifics of individual methods of quantitative research
knowledge of the definition of the basic and sample set
knowledge of the definition of the basic and sample set
knowledge of ways of using the basic statistical indicators
knowledge of ways of using the basic statistical indicators
knowledge of the possibilities of presenting the results of quantitative research
knowledge of the possibilities of presenting the results of quantitative research
Skills
create a quantitative research design
create a quantitative research design
choose an appropriate research method according to research assignment
choose an appropriate research method according to research assignment
define the basic and sample set in relation to the research assignment
define the basic and sample set in relation to the research assignment
choose appropriate statistical indicators according to the nature of the data
choose appropriate statistical indicators according to the nature of the data
interpret quantitative data and present research findings
interpret quantitative data and present research findings
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Exercises on PC
Exercises on PC
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Didactic test
Didactic test
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • ANDERSON, David Ray; SWEENEY, Dennis J.; WILLIAMS, Thomas Arthur; CAMM, Jeffrey D.; COCHRAN, James J. et al. Quantitative methods for business. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2016. ISBN 9781285866314.
  • Bergin, Tiffany. An introduction to data analysis: quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. Los Angeles, 2018. ISBN 9781446295151.
  • CRESWELL, John W. a CRESWELL David J. Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sixth edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2023. ISBN 978-1-0718-7063-1.
  • ESTEBAN-BRAVO, Mercedes a SANZ J. Vidal. Marketing research methods: quantitative and qualitative approaches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1-108-79269-1.
  • HENDL, Jan a REMR, Jiří. Metody výzkumu a evaluace. Praha: Portál, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1192-1.
  • MACINNES, John. An introduction to secondary data analysis with IBM SPSS statistics. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2017. ISBN 9781446285770.
  • MOORE, David. S.; NOTZ, William, I. a FLIGNER, Michael A. The basic practice of statistics. New York: W.H. Freeman and Co., 2018. ISBN 978-1464142536.
  • NARDI, Peter M. Doing survey research: a guide to quantitative methods. Fourth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. ISBN 9781138043398.
  • PALLANT, Julie. SPSS survival manual: a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS: [international bestseller]. 4th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780335242405.


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