Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
a) set the research goals
b) compose the research questions
c) set a schedule emphasizing to the time and the place of the data gathering as well as to the time of data processing and analysis.
d) choose the sampling method and number
e) construct the research tool
f) analyze the data collected choosing the proper method
g) extract conclusions and make decisions according to the research target.
Course Content (Syllabus)
a) Definitions and typologies of the scientific research
b) Meaning of the terms "variable, variable value"
c) Scales
d) Research assumption, working hypothesis
e) Population, sample, sampling
f) Sampling methods
g) Data gathering tools
h) Codification, coding
i) Parametric and non-paramentric data analysis models and methods
Additional bibliography for study
Guibert J., Jumel G., 1997. Méthodologie des pratiques de terrain en sciences humaines et sociales. Paris: A. Colin.
Μπεχράκης, Θ., 1999. Πολυδιάστατη ανάλυση δεδομένων. Αθήνα: Νέα Σύνορα – Λιβάνης.
Παπαδημητρίου, Γ., 2001. Περιγραφική στατιστική. Θεσσαλονίκη: Παρατηρητής.
Aiken, L., 1996. Rating scales and checklists. New York, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Aiken, L., 1997. Questionnaires & inventories. New York, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Cohen, L., Manion, L. (1980). Research Methods in Education. London: Croom Helm Ltd. (Μεταφρασμένο στην ελληνική γλώσσα με τον τίτλο: Cohen, L., Manion, L. (1997). Μεθοδολογία Εκπαιδευτικής Έρευνας. Μητσοπούλου, Χ. Φιλοπούλου, Μ. (μτφ.), Αθήνα: εκδ. Έκφραση