Massimo DEL FORNO | SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY
Massimo DEL FORNO SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY
cod. 0312300007
SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY
| 0312300007 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES | |
| EQF6 | |
| SOCIOLOGY | |
| 2024/2025 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPS/07 | 9 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| EDUCATIONAL AIMS THE COURSE PROVIDES THE STUDENT WITH NOTIONS, CONCEPTS, THEORIES, METHODS, TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES TO REALIZE A GOOD EMPIRICAL RESEARCH. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW: -THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN METHODOLOGY, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES -THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLANATION -THE MAIN ISSUES OF THE SCIENTIFICA OBJECTIVITY -THE ELEMENTS OF THE METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE: CONCEPTS, ASSERTS, ASSERTS NEXUS -KNOW THE OPERATING PROCEDURES USED TO TRANSFORM PROPERTIES AND INDICATORS INTO VARIABLES AND INDEXES - THE RULES FOR THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH - THE MAIN SOURCES OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE: -TO DEFINE THE SUBJECT OF THE RESEARCH, THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS AND THE REFERENCE POPULATION -TO ORIENTATE THEMSELVES IN THE CHOICE OF THE INFORMATION SOURCES -TO REALIZE AN OPERATIONAL DEFINITION AND TO ORGANIZE DATA IN A MATRIX -TO APPLY THE RULES AND METHODS LEARNED DURING THE COURSE TO THE VARIOUS THEMES OF THE RESEARCH -TO ORIENT THEMSELVES IN THE CHOICE OF THE MAIN INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| NONE |
| Contents | |
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| FIRST SECTION - 20 HOURS, WITH SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST - THE PROCEDURES OF SCIENTIFIC REASONING: GNOSEOLOGICAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL ASPECTS - THE PARADIGMS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH - THEORY AND EMPIRICAL FACT: SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE - METHODOLOGY, METHOD AND TECHNIQUES - THE TRADITIONS OF RESEARCH METHODS: STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD APPROACHES - GALILEI AND THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD - THE CONCEPT OF CAUSE, EXPLANATION AND UNDERSTANDING - THE METHOD ACCORDING TO DURKHEIM AND WEBER: POSITIVISM AND INTERPRETATIVISM - POPPER AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM: CRITICISM OF THE INDUCTION PRINCIPLE - EXAMPLES OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SECOND SECTION - 10 HOURS, WITH SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST - THE LEVELS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH: RESEARCH DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION OF THE EMPIRICAL BASE, ORGANIZATION OF DATA, DATA ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION OF RESULTS. - THE ELEMENTS OF METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE: - WORKING WITH CONCEPTS: LOGICAL, SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC CRITERIA - STATEMENTS AND STATEMENTS CONNECTION - THE THREE WORLDS - CLASSIFICATIONS, TYPOLOGIES, TAXONOMIES THIRD SECTION - 10 HOURS, WITH SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST - STANDARD RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL DEFINITION - UNIT OF ANALYSIS AND UNIT OF OBSERVATION - POPULATION, SAMPLE, CASE - PROPERTIES AND STATES OF PROPERTIES FOURTH SECTION - 10 HOURS, WITH SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST - RELATION OF INDICATION: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY - FROM CONCEPTS TO VARIABLES - THE CXV MATRIX - THE CONSTRUCTION OF INDEXES FIFTH SECTION - 10 HOURS, WITH SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST - VARIABLES AND VARIABLE MODELS - NOMINAL, ORDINAL, CARDINAL VARIABLES - INTERVIEW AND QUESTIONNAIRE |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES: THE TEACHER EXPLAINS IN THE CLASSROOM THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. PRACTICAL ACTIVITY: THE TEACHER AND STUDENTS APPLY STUDIED THEORETICAL MODEL, METHODS AN TECHNIQUES TO TO SOME RESEARCH TOPICS EXTRACTED FROM THE CURRENT REALITY |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL TEST TO EVALUATE THE STUDENT'S THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION SKILLS. THE VOTE WILL BE COMMISURED AT THE LEVEL OF DEEPENING REALIZED BY THE STUDENT, ITS APPLICATION SKILLS AND THE PERTINENT USE OF THE METHODOLOGICAL LEXICON. |
| Texts | |
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| NOTES AND SLIDES OF THE TEACHER 1) C. MERAVIGLIA, METODOLOGIA DELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI. UN’INTRODUZIONE, CAROCCI, ROMA, 2011 (4TH REPRINTING: 2017). 2)CORBETTA P., SOCIAL RESEARCH. THEORY, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, SAGE, LONDON. BOOKS FOR READING AND DEEPENING CAMPELLI E., 1999, DA UN LUOGO COMUNE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA METODOLOGIA DELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI, CAROCCI. ROMA. CATALDI S., 2017, SOCIOMACHIE, NATHAN. ROMA. MARRADI A., 2007, METODOLOGIA DELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA. MONTESPERELLI P., 2002 (2), L’INTERVISTA ERMENEUTICA, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO. STEFANIZZI S., 2003, LA CONOSCENZA SOCIOLOGICA, CAROCCI, ROMA (5TH REPRINTING: 2009). STEFANIZZI S., 2012, IL RAGIONAMENTO SOCIOLOGICO, MCGRAW-HILL, MILANO: ONLY CHAPTERS 6 AND 7. |
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