Methods of researching social phenomena

Pre-requisites: Graduate degree (masters) completed, knowledge of the English language

Course objectives: Studying methodological literature and researched works in order to introduce candidates to the most current research options and methods in studying social phenomena.

Course description: The theoretical aspect of this course addresses various ways of studying social phenomena, ethical aspects of research, complementarity of resources and methods, applied sequential analysis, assessing validity(internal and external) and reliability of results - which will enable students to apply these methods to current research, standardization of functional analysis and multivariate analysis of data. Students will also learn to apply qualitative and quantitative approaches to research material. As far as practical work during this course, students will create a research plan and choose an appropriate method for collecting material for their sample (interviews, biography, researching personal documents, case studies etc) and analyze the material.

Learning Outcomes: After passing the exam in this subject students will be capable of independently charting a research plan, will be able to use various qualitative and quantitative method, critically assess methods of research and advance those methods.

Literature/Reading:

• Ilić, Vladimir, 1995, Funkcionalizam u sociologiji, Beograd: ISI.
• Cvejić, S (1997) Epistemološki i metodološki aspekti upotrebe multivarijacione analize u sociologiji, Sociologija, No. 3, Beograd.
• Henry, T. Garry (1990) Practical Sampling. Newbury Park: SAGE.
• Strauss, Anselm, Juliet Corbin, 1990, Basics of qualitative research, Sage, p.7-47, 249-258.
• Van Maanen, John (ed.),1983, Qualitative methodology, Sage,p.150-191, 247-269.
• Johnson, Jeffrey C. 1990, Selecting ethnographic informants, Sage, p. 11-15.
• Merton, Robert K. 1979, O teorijskoj sociologiji, Zagreb: CDD, pogl.4 i 5.
• Bogdanović, Marija, 1994, Metodološke studije, Beograd, st. 81-179.
• Burgess, Robert G. 1984, In the field, Allen and Unwin, pp. 123-209
• Hakim, Catherine, Research design, Allen and Unwin, 1987, p. 17-26, 26-35, 36-47, 61-76, 144-145.
• Fielding,Nigel G. Jane L.Fielding, 1986, Linking data, Sage, p. 18-82.
• Kirk, J, Marc L. Miller, 1986. Reliability and validity in qualitative research, Sage,
• Brinberg, D, Joseph E.McGrath, 1985, Validity and the research process, Sage , p. 13-59.
• Punch, M, 1986, The politics and ethics of fieldwork, Sage, p. 29-49.
• Mitchell, Richard G. Jr., 1993, Secrecy and fieldwork, Sage.
• O’Reilly, Karen, 2005, Ethnographic methods, Routledge, p.59-84.
• Sieber, Joan E. 1992, Planning ethically responsible research, Sage,p.14-18, 18-44, 141-149.
• Foot White, William, 1984, Learning from the field, Sage,p. 229-233.
• Bulmer, M. (ed.), 1984, Sociological research methods, Macmillan, p. 1-53., 113-155, 162-175, 215-241, 241-262, 294-307..
• Naumes, William and Margaret J. Naumes, 2006, The art &craft of Case writing, M.E.Sharpe.Inc. p.37-58, 61-81.
• Shipman, Martin, 1988, The limitations of social research, Longman, p. 68-73, 78-90.
• Bogdanović, Marija, Kvantitativni pristup u sociologiji, Službeni list, Beograd, 1981,str. 13-44, 133-154.
• Ilić, Vladimir, Kvantitativni i kvalitativni pristup u uporednim istraživanjima, Sociologija,2000/ 2, st. 247-269.
• Malinowski, Bronislav, 1971, Magija, nauka i religija, Prosveta, Beograd, st. 311-316.
• Cvejić Slobodan, 1998. Konvergencija sociološke i statističke metodologije - mogućnosti unapređenja empirijskog istraživanja u sociologiji. Sociologija, br. 1.
• Mils, R., 1964, Sociološka imaginacija, Sociološka biblioteka, Savremena škola, str. 115-135, 217-253;
• Denzin, K.N., 1978, Sociological methods: a source book, McGraw Hill Company, p. 258-269; 319-326; 406-421;
• Denscombe, M., 2003, The good research guide, Open University Press, (birati odgovarajuća poglavlja).
• Bryman, A., Social research methods, 2012, Oxford University Press, (birati poglavlja prema sadržaju kursa)
• Petrović, I. 2013, Mogućnosti primene faktorske analize u sociologiji: primer proučavanja vrednosnih orijentacija. Sociologija No. 4.
• Clogg, Clifford C. and Aref N. Dajani 1991. Popis izvora neizvesnosti u modeliranju društvene statistike. Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 7. No. 1. pp. 7-24. (prevod se može naći u biblioteci).
• Denzin, N. i Y. Lincoln (eds). The Handbook of Qualitative Research (3rd edition). London: Sage Publications, 1–32.
• Denzin, N. (2001). Reflexive Interview and a Performative Social Science. Qualitative Research 1(1): 23–46.
• Silverman, D. (ed), Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice (2nd edition). London: Sage Publications, 1-8, 140–161
• Ilić, Vladimir, Različita shvatanja posmatranja u sociologiji i antropologiji, Sociologija, Vol LV, no.4, str. 519-540
• Ilić, Vladimir, Odnos posmatranja i drugih istraživačkih postupaka, u: Mladen Lazić i Slobodan Cvejić (prir.) Promene osnovnih struktura društva Srbije u periodu ubrzane transformacije, Beograd: Institut za sociološka istraživanja Filozofskog fakulteta
• Denscombe, Martyn, 2003, The good research design, Open University Press, p.267-283
• Weber, R.P. 1990. Basic Content Analysis. SAGE Publications
• Yin, Robert,K, 1984,Case Study Research- Design and Methods, Sage Publications
• Neuman,Lawrence,W, 2006, Social research Methods- Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Pearson, 2006