Empiricism for Social Work
| Degree programme | Social Work |
| Subject area | Social Work & Health |
| Type of degree | Bachelor Full-time Summer Semester 2023 |
| Course unit title | Empiricism for Social Work |
| Course unit code | 048512022102 |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Compulsory |
| Teaching hours per week | 2 |
| Year of study | 2023 |
| Level of the course / module according to the curriculum | |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Carmen HOFER-TEMMEL, Katrin PALDAN |
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This seminar introduces into the methodology of social sciences. Students acquire competencies following processes and results of scientific research in empirical studies in the field of social sciences. They are empowered by these competencies to reflect empirical studies and to understand and to discuss their results.
Students acquire basic knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research in the field of social sciences and use it in exercises.They get an overview on methods and procedures of qualitative and quantitative surveys and on analyses of social data. Students know the differences of methods and are able to value them. Beyond that they read and interpret statistics from different academic surveys.
Seminar with exercises
Part 1: Term paper
Part 2: short paper
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Diekmann, Andreas (2017): Empirische Sozialforschung: Grundlagen, Methoden, Anwendungen. 11. Aufl. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.
Lamnek, Siegfried; Krell, Claudia (2016): Qualitative Sozialforschung: Lehrbuch. 6. Aufl. Winheim: Beltz.
Mayer, Horst O (2013): Interview und schriftliche Befragung: Grundlagen und Methoden empirischer Sozialforschung. 6. Aufl. München: Oldenbourg.
Mayring, Philipp (2015): Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse: Grundlagen und Techniken. 12. Aufl. Weinheim, Bergstr: Beltz, J.
Steinert, Erika; Thiele, Gisela (2008): Sozialarbeitsforschung für Studium und Praxis: Einführung in die qualitativen und quantitativen Methoden. Frankfurt am Main; New York: Peter Lang.
Schnell, R., Hill, P. B., & Esser, E. (2013). Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung (10. überarbeitete Auflage). Oldenbourg Verlag
Face-to-face