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                      | Detailed information | 
                     
                                        
                      | Pre-requisites | 
                      (*)keine
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                      | Original study plan | 
                      Bachelor's programme Sociology 2014W | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      Students gain a comprehensive overview of the basics of empirical social research.
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                      | Subject | 
                      - Basic concepts of empirical social research
 - Project development and experiment design
 - Sampling
 - Survey (basics, scaling schemes, analysis)
 - Observation
 - Content analysis
 - Sociometry
 - Experiment
 
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Written examination at the end of semester
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                      | Methods | 
                      Lecture by instructor Script available (german) Discussion forum attended by tutors (KUSSS)
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                      | Language | 
                      German | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      - ATTESLANDER, Peter: Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, 7. Auflage oder höher, Berlin/New York 1993,
 - DENZ, Hermann: Grundlagen einer empirischen Soziologie, Münster 2003,
 - DIEKMANN, Andreas: Empirische Sozialforschung, 18. Auflage, Reinbek 2007,
 - SCHNELL, Rainer/HILL, Paul/ESSER, Elke: Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, München 2005
 
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                     
                                        
                      | Further information | 
                      Internet-Lexikon der Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung: http://wlm.userweb.mwn.de/ilmes.htm
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                      | Earlier variants | 
                      They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) 1SBGESVU: VU Basics of Empirical Social Research (2009W-2014W)
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