
Course Title : Advanced Research Methods II | ||||||||
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Code | Course Type |
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Lecture (hours/week) |
Seminar (hours/week) |
Lab (hours/week) |
Credits | ECTS | |
COM 402-1 | A | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 | |
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Language | Albanian | |||||||
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Description | Observations through questionnaires,polls format are being used in studying of many phenomenas of economical, social and political life such as studying of incomes, spendings and savings of population; studying of wages and illegal work; studying of poverty; studying of problems faced by private business and many other phenomenas. Many social and political studies are also based in survey’s data. This subject includes topics relating the whole process of a survey from the description of analysed problem, construction and realisation of survey, processing on datas and interpretation of results to a description of public opinion related to the phenomena | |||||||
Objectives | After completion of studies in this subject, students will have sufficient knowledge to successfully undertake a survey depending on problem they want to treat. They will possess the proper techniques: to determine the volume of selected elements in the poll, aiming the smallest possible error, to enter data in the firmware SPSS, appropriate quantitative techniques to process and interprete statistical data, resulting in the general conclusions regarding public opinion measured. | |||||||
Course Outline | ||||||||
Week | Topics | |||||||
1 | The aim and phases of studying through surveys | |||||||
2 | What is a survey and its types | |||||||
3 | Construction of questionnaires | |||||||
4 | Indicators and realization of selection | |||||||
5 | Selection error and interval evaluation | |||||||
6 | Interview | |||||||
7 | Interviewer and topics related to him | |||||||
8 | Midterm Exam - Research paper | |||||||
9 | Coding and preparation of datas file | |||||||
10 | Enetering into SPSS of datas gathered from the survey | |||||||
11 | Descriptive analysis of datas | |||||||
12 | Exploring analysis of datas | |||||||
13 | Usage of survey’s datas to judge for the average of public opinion | |||||||
14 | Usage of survey’s datas to judge for the averages of more than two groups of public opinion | |||||||
15 | Analysis of relation variables included in the model according to public opinion being treated. | |||||||
16 | Final Exam | |||||||
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Laboratory Work | ||||||||
Computer Usage | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes and Competences | ||||||||
1 | Students will be provided with basic knowledges on survey and measurement of public opinion. | |||||||
2 | Students will be able to undertake a survey correctly recognizing and using quantitative techniques to measure and evaluate a certain public opinion. | |||||||
3 | Students will be able to disccus and interprete results of a survey. | |||||||
Course Evaluation Methods | ||||||||
In-term studies | Quantity | Percentage | ||||||
Midterms | 1 | 40 | ||||||
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Projects | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Term Projects | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Attendance | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 40 | |||||||
Contribution of final examination to overall grade | 60 | |||||||
Total | 100 | |||||||
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload | ||||||||
Activities | Quantity | Duration (hours) |
Total Workload (hours) |
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Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 | |||||
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 6 | 84 | |||||
Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Midterms | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||||
Final examination | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total Work Load | 150 | |||||||
Total Work Load / 25 (hours) | 6 | |||||||
ECTS | 6 |
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