Research Methodology for Sociology - 1st semester
Code
722081071
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Ana Lúcia Teixeira, Ana Nestal Roque, Manuel Gaspar da Silva Lisboa
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
It is expected that students gain and/or develop:
1. Knowledge and methodological skills to outline and manage, in an integrated and evolving way, the production of scientific knowledge, in view of the non-teaching component of the masters (dissertation, internship report, project).
2. Knowledge and understanding of the main strategies and technical options available for research in Sociology, and the ability to combine them according to the research objectives.
3. Capacity for presentating and critically and reflexively discuss research projects.
Prerequisites
Does not apply
Subject matter
1. Scientific method, operationalization and planning of research. Research strategy. Stages: problematization; construction of hypotheses; construction of the field of observation; empirical operationalization of data collection and processing; analysis of results up to the final text.
2. Types of methodological approaches: quantitative; qualitative and mixed.
Examples of research applications.
3. Quantitative methodological tools: for collecting, processing and statistically analysing data (univariate, bivariate and multivariate). Research application examples.
4. Qualitative methodological tools: interviews, life stories and processing and analysing data (eg. Content Analysis). Research application examples.
5. Mixed methodological tools. Research application examples.
6. Workshops with students as from the themes of their final papers.
Bibliography
- BARDIN, Laurence (2009). Análise de conteúdo. Lisboa: Edições 70.
- BRYMAN, Alan (2012). Social research methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- GUERRA, Isabel Carvalho (2006). Pesquisa qualitativa e análise de conteúdo. Sentidos e formas de uso, Parede: Principia editora.
- HILL, Andrew & Hill, Manuela Magalhães (2008). Investigação por questionário. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
- LISBOA, Manuel (2016) (Coord.). Metodologias de investigação sociológica: problemas e soluções a partir de estudos empíricos. Vila Nova de Famalicão: Húmus.
- QUIVY, Raymond & Campenhoudt, Luc Van (2008). Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais. Lisboa: Gradiva.
- SILVA, Augusto Santos & Pinto, José Madureira (Org.) (1986). Metodologia das Ciências Sociais. Porto: Afrontamento.
- VICENTE, Paula; Reis, Elisabeth & Ferrão, Fátima (2011). Sondagens: a amostragem como factor decisivo de qualidade. Lisboa: Sílabo.
Teaching method
The topics of the program framed and synthesised by the teachers, which should be explored through the suggested readings. Starting from the themes chosen by the students, we will try to convey the syllabus in three types of classes: theoretic, presentations by teachers; with the presentation of examples of investigations and the methodologies used (CICS.NOVA researchers or external to the Department of Sociology); tutorial work workshops with the students. The seminar culminates with the individual presentation and the critical discussion in class of the work of each student.
Evaluation method
Continuous and formative evaluation of the student´s participation in class, which will contribute 20% for the final grade; the remaining 80% result from the evaluation of a written paper to be presented at the end of the semester.