The course is devoted to the presentation of the fundamental concepts of the methodology of social research, method, techniques, concepts, statements (in the first part) and of the methodological problems of empirical social research, considering the perspective of the two most important investigation strategies: the standard and non-standard (in the second part)
FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL ATTEND CLASSES:
Piergiorgio Corbetta (1999) Metodologia e tecniche della ricerca sociale, Bologna: Il Mulino (no the chapter number XIII).
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Essays or other materials presented and discussed during the lectures
FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT ATTEND CLASSES:
Piergiorgio Corbetta (1999) Metodologia e tecniche della ricerca sociale, Bologna: Il Mulino (no the chapter number XIII).
Learning Objectives
To achieve epistemological and technical skills to conduct a social research
Teaching Methods
Lectures and exercises
Type of Assessment
Oral
Course program
The first part of the course is devoted to the presentation of the fundamental concepts of the methodology of social research (method – in the epistemological debate - techniques, concepts, statements) and of the methodological problems of empirical social research, considering the perspective of the two most important investigation strategies: the quantitative and the qualitative. The second part of the course is devoted to the study of some of the research techniques as the interview with questionnaire and the depth interview, the participant observation.