Data Collection Techniques - Survey and Interview Methods

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2020-2021

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OXF-ASI-h-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

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Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 20

Topic

Data collection is an essential component both of the university studies and working as preventive or curative practitioner. This course provides the opportunity for development of knowledge and skills in formulating a data collection plan, selecting appropriate data collection methods, developing a survey, and conducting interviews and observations.

Lectures

  • 1. Identifying the research problem and developing a hypothesis , context and operationalization - Dr. Girán János
  • 2. Identification of research strategy and data collection method - Dr. Girán János
  • 3. Design of questionnaire I. type of questions and levels of measurement - Dr. Girán János
  • 4. Design of questionnaire II. structure and coherence of the questions and the questionnaire, preparation for coding - Dr. Girán János
  • 5. Type of survey methods: face-to-face interview, self-directed questionnaire, phone interview, online questionnaire - Dr. Girán János
  • 6. Sampling techniques - Dr. Girán János
  • 7. Standardised questions and questionnaires; types of interviews – structured interview, semi-structured interview, life history interview - Dr. Girán János
  • 8. Method of focus group - Dr. Girán János
  • 9. Method of observations - Dr. Girán János
  • 10. Method of sociometry - Dr. Girán János
  • 11. Data analysis and interpretation of results - Dr. Girán János
  • 12. Summary - Dr. Girán János

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

Neptun

Notes

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Recommended literature

de Leeuw, E.D., Hox, J.J. Dillman, A. D. (ed) International Handbook of Survey Methodology http://joophox.net/papers/SurveyHandbookCRC.pdf

A.P. Kelly: Social research methods. University of London, International Studies, 2016
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sites/default/files/programme_resources/lse/lse_pdf/subject_guides/sc2145_ch1-3.pdf

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

-

Making up for missed classes

There are no make-up classes

Exam topics/questions

Neptun

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars