Methods of measuring social indicators

Course: Sociology

Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology

Title
Methods of measuring social indicators
Code
ВБ1.9
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
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
1.1 Knowledge of the social essence, epistemological and methodological foundations of social indicators. 1.2 Understanding of scientific-theoretical and socio-practical sources of construction of social indicators. 2.1 Improving the skills of interpretation and operationalization of the basic concepts of research, scaling, implementation and evaluation of the results of scale analysis. 2.2 Mastering the skills of constructing social indicators and ensuring the quality of measurement. 3.1 Demonstrate the ability to organize and support communication in the process of group tasks. 4.1 Be able to interpret the results of measuring social indicators, assess the quality of the result.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastering of coursers "Design of sociological research", "Methods of analysis of sociological data", "Tools of sociological survey". 2. Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of the methodology of sociological research.
Course content
1 The concept and essence of the social indicator as a theoretical construct. 2 Methodological problems of constructing indicators in sociological research. 3 Operationalization of concepts as a basis for building social indicators. Latent-structural analysis of concepts according to Lazarsfeld. 4 One-dimensional scaling. Evaluation and setting scales. Scalogram analysis. 5 Method of pairwise comparisons. Multidimensional scaling. 6 Traditional measurement quality criteria. Statistical indicators of reliability of sociological information. 7 System of social indicators. Methodological problems of building a system of social indicators in sociological research. 8 Construction of social indices (on the example of the index of life satisfaction and the index of social well-being). 9 ModeLR systems of social indicators. Integrated indicators of social development of the country. 10 The concept of social expertise as a method of integrated predictions of the social situation.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Дембіцький, С. (2019). Розробка соціологічних тестів: методологія і практики її застосування : монографія. Київ: Інститут соціології НАН України, 304 с. Blagojević, D., Nagy, I., Lukić, A., & Tešić, D. (2020). Adaptation to climate changes through theories of urban development. Deturope. 12 (3), 37-57. Salnikova, S. (2017). Social Well-Being the Residents of Lutsk: About What Monitoring Data Say. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, No 2, 105–118. Sydorov, М., Salnikova, S. (2021). SERVQUAL Model in HEI Monitoring Survey as a Part of quality Assurance Policy. Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, Atlantis Press, Vol. 170, 204–209. Vallier, K. (2019). Social and Political Trust: concepts, causes and consequences, Washington, Niskanen Center, 16 p. Parasuraman, A., Zeithaml, V. A., Berry, L. L. (1985). A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implications for Future Research, The Journal of Marketing, 49(4), 41-50.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical, group work, individual work, project presentation
Assessment methods and criteria
1. performance of tasks during the practical lesson LR 1.1, LR 1.2, LR 2.1, LR 2.2, LR 4.1 30/18 points 2. interpretation and operationalization of the concepts of research, scaling, scale analysis LR 1.2, LR 2.1, LR 2.2, LR 3.1 50/30 points 3. development, application and presentation of the index LR 1.2, LR 2.1, LR 2.2, LR 3.1 minimum - 20/12 points. final assessment - credit
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Svitlana Anatoliivna Salnikova
Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
Faculty of Sociology
Oxana Valeriivna Oliinyk
Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
Faculty of Sociology