Using of electronic social data archives

Course: Sociology

Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology

Title
Using of electronic social data archives
Code
ВБ1.8
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
1.1 Know the possibilities of using for research data from electronic social data archives. 1.2 Know the basics of data management in empirical sociological research projects. 1.3 Know the features of secondary data analysis. 2.1 Searching the Internet for the data needed for own research. 2.2 Combine and prepare for analysis data from various electronic sources.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Students should be familiar with basic methods of data analysis (quantitative and qualitative) and with methodological approaches and basic methods of empirical sociological research.
Course content
1. Social data archives in the Internet. 2. Depositing the results of sociological research in the electronic archive. 3. International (global) indices as a source of information for sociological research. 4. Secondary analysis of data from archives and other sources in the Internet. 5. Big data: sources of generation, methodological problems of use.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Gorbachyk AP Social data archives: goals of existence, forms of work, problems of creation (in Ukrainian) 2. Golovakha E. Conceptual, organizational and methodological bases of creation of “Ukrainian sociological archive and database of social researches” (in Ukrainian) 3. Gorbachyk O. Electronic sociological databases (in Ukrainian) 4. Vartanian T.P. Secondary data analysis (Pocket guides to social work research methods).- Oxford University Press, 2011 . – pp. 3-22 5. Smith E. Using Secondary Data in Educational and Social Research. - Open University Press, 2008. – pp. 3-90
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical training, personal work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Test work (test) for topics 1-3, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO2.2 – 15 points / 25 points. 2. Personal work for topics 1-4 is compulsory LO1.1, LO1.2, LO1.3, LO2.1, LO2.2 – 15 points / 25 points. 3. Performing of tasks and presentations in practical training classes for topics 1-5, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO1.3, LO2.1, LO2.2 – 30 points / 50 points. final assessment – credit
Language of instruction
ukrainian

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