Магистратура
2025/2026
Методология и логика социологического исследования
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Аналитика данных и прикладная статистика / Data Analytics and Social Statistics)
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Климов Иван Александрович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The purpose of the course is to provide insight into the main stages of the development of sociological research and to offer practically useful tools and approaches. The course will be useful for those who do not have special training in empirical sociological research, but they need to work with research data, evaluate the validity of research project conclusions, and make decisions based on confirmed or unconfirmed hypotheses. The course presents conceptual and operational definitions and their relations to one another, how variables are expressed distinctively, and how to formulate hypotheses that back up scientific findings.
Additionally, the course examines the possibilities of AI agents for use at different stages of sociological research. It is based on the principle that we think first, then use the capabilities of AI. Students will be asked to try out a particular tool and method for solving typical practical tasks of a researcher. Students will work on their own research issues throughout the course to apply the theoretical understanding to their practical applications.
Learning Objectives
- Knowledge of the major steps in developing a sociological study.
- Capability to create the program of a sociological study.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Names three types of sociological discourse.
- Explains the language of sociological research.
- Names the steps of measurement procedure in sociology.
- Describes the theories of measurement in sociology.
- Understands the logic of communicative-epistemic transitions in sociological research.
- Knows how to apply cognitive interview techniques.
Course Contents
- 3. Sampling as the basis of reasoning about the research logic.
- 2. AI as a partner for the researcher
- 1. The methodology and logic of empirical sociological research. The main epistemic issues.
- 4. Research as a social communication.
Assessment Elements
- Using an AI agent to build a research program, providing a chain of requests
- Cognitive Interview Methodology
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.5 * Cognitive Interview Methodology + 0.5 * Using an AI agent to build a research program, providing a chain of requests
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Hamed Alavi, & Patrycja Hąbek. (2016). Addressing Research Design Problem in Mixed Methods Research. Management Systems in Production Engineering, 1(21), 62–66. https://doi.org/10.12914/MSPE-10-01-2016
- Holden, M. T., & Lynch, P. (2004). Choosing the Appropriate Methodology: Understanding Research Philosophy. Marketing Review, 4(4), 397–409. https://doi.org/10.1362/1469347042772428
- Iovu, M.-B., Rata, G., & Runcan, P.-L. (2013). Applied Social Sciences : Sociology. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=553316
- Johnson, D. P. Contemporary Sociological Theory: An Integrated Multi-Level Approach, Springer New York 2008
- Patil, S. (2020). Research Methodology in Social Sciences. NIPA.
- Rugg, G., & Petre, M. (2007). A Gentle Guide to Research Methods. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=234246
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 100 activities for teaching research methods, Dawson, C., 2016
- A history of sociological research methods in America, 1920-1960, Platt, J., 1996
- Action research methods : plain and simple, , 2012
- Advanced methods and models, Springer, C. N., 1965