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data using computer-based skills.<br />
� Critically evaluate your own research <strong>and</strong> that of<br />
other social scientists.<br />
7 Instructional methods Introductory lecture, reading, excercises<br />
8 Course Form Seminar<br />
9 M<strong>and</strong>atory / elective M<strong>and</strong>atory<br />
10 Language English<br />
11 Key words Social science research, survey,<br />
qualitative/quantitative interviews, sample, statistics,<br />
12 Duration 1 week<br />
13 Credits 2 ECTS<br />
14 Examen Written: preparation of a questions/methods matrix<br />
15 Comments<br />
16 Recommended<br />
reading<br />
Babbie, E. (1990) Survey Research Methods. Belmont, CA:<br />
Wadsworth.<br />
Berg, B. (1989) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social<br />
Sciences. Boston: Allyn & Bacon<br />
Bohrnstedt, G. & D. Knoke (1994) Statistics for Social Data<br />
Analysis. Itasca, NY: Peacock.<br />
Campbell, J. P., Daft, R. L., & Hulin, C. L. (1982) What to study:<br />
Generating <strong>and</strong> developing research questions. Beverly Hills,<br />
CA.: Sage Publications.<br />
Finsterbush, Kurt, Jasper Ingersoll <strong>and</strong> Lynn Llewellyn (eds).<br />
Methods for Social Analysis in Developing Countries, Boulder,<br />
CO: Westview press, 1990.<br />
Geertz, C. (1973) The Interpretation of Cultures. NY: Basic Books<br />
Glesne, C. (1999). Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction.<br />
(2nd ed.). New York: Addison Wesley Longman. ($56)<br />
Maxwell, J. A. (1996). Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive<br />
Approach. Thous<strong>and</strong> Oaks, CA: Sage. ($30)<br />
Miles, M. & M. Huberman (1994) Qualitative Data Analysis.<br />
Thous<strong>and</strong> Oaks, CA: Sage<br />
Monmonier, Mark<br />
1999. How to Lie with Maps.<br />
Chicago: Chicago University Press.<br />
ISBN 0 226 53415 4; G108.7 .M66 1996<br />
Reitbergen-McCracken, Jennifer <strong>and</strong> Deepa Narayan.<br />
Participation <strong>and</strong> Social Assessment: Tools <strong>and</strong> Techniques.<br />
Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1998. Downloadable from<br />
www.worldbank.org/p<strong>over</strong>ty/impact/resources/toolkit.pdf<br />
Salkind, N. (2000) Exploring Research. Upper Saddle River, NJ:<br />
Prentice Hall.<br />
Schutt, Russell K. (1999) Investigating the Social World: The<br />
Process <strong>and</strong> Practice of Research. Second Edition. Thous<strong>and</strong><br />
Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.<br />
Seltzer, R. (1996) Mistakes that Social Scientists Make. New<br />
York: St. Martin's.<br />
Silverman, David 2001. Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for<br />
Analysing Talk, Text <strong>and</strong> Interaction. London: Sage Publications,<br />
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