Techniques of Internet Research
Course: Sociology
Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology
            Title
        
        
            Techniques of Internet Research
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВБ 1.4
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            5 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            4
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            1.1 Know the methodology of research on the Internet.
1.2 Know the specifics of the formation of the sample in online research.
1.3 Know the features and methods of programming the questionnaire on the Internet.
2.1 Be able to program surveys on the Internet.
2.2 Be able to conduct online surveys.
2.3 Be able to export research results.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Full-time form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            1. Know the methods of collecting sociological information.
2. Be able to work with a computer.
3. Have the skills to program sociological research.
4. Know the selective methods of sociological research.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            І. The Internet as a source of social information.
1. Computer information environment.
2. Program of sociological research conducted using the Internet.
3. The latest methods of collecting sociological information.
ІІ. Lime Survey software shell.
4. LimeSurvey questionnaire.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1. GOOGLE search help URL: http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/static.py?page=searchguides.html&ctx=advanced&hl=en#advanced
2. Ronald D. Fricker, Jr. Sampling Methods for Web and E-mail Surveys Naval Postgraduate School 9 October 2006 p43. URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.474.3503&rep=rep1&type=pdf
3. LimeSurvey Documentation. URL: http://docs.limesurvey.org/tiki-index.php
4. Expression Manager URL: https://manual.limesurvey.org/Expression_Manager
5. Couper Mick P. Web Surveys // Rev. of Issues and Approaches Public Opinion Quarterly. 2000. Vol. 64. P. 464 - 494.
6. K.L. Manfreda, Z. Batagelj, V. Vehovar Design of Web Survey Questionnaires: Three Basic Experiments. JCMC, 7 (3) April 2002, URL: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol7/issue3/vehovar.html
7. Phil Hughes. Using LimeSurvey URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1006003
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture, practical work, practical work in LimeSurvey
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            1. Final test on topics 1-3, LR 1.1, LR 1.2, LR 1.3 - 10 points / 6 points.
2. Research project RN 2.1, RN 2.2, RN 2.3 - 60 points / 30 points.
3. Research program - LR 1.1 - 1.3 - 30 points / 24 points.
final assessment – credit
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Mykola
                    Volodymyr-Stanislavovych
                    Sydorov
                
                
                     Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research 
Faculty of Sociology
            Faculty of Sociology
                    Yeliena
                    Valeriyvna
                    Kovalska
                
                
                     Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research 
Faculty of Sociology
            Faculty of Sociology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                         Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Sociology
                    
                
                         Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Sociology