Guia docente 2016_17 Facultade de CC. Sociais e da Comunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. The science as cognitive paradigm and the scientific condition of the Social Sciences.	Ontology, epistemology and methodology of the Science. The methodological plurality.
2. The research as process; designs and strategies.	The formulation and operacionalizaion of the problem. Designs and strategies.
3. Qualitative techniques of research.	Observation and documentary selection. The interview and the discussion group.
4. Quantitative techniques for data collection.	Questionaries. Sampling. Scales. Official statistical sources.
5. Quantitative techniques for data analysis.	Population and sampling. Types of sampling. Confidence levels, error and sampling size. Contrasts of hypothesis and confidence intervals.
6. Computing applied to the resolution of practical cases.	Use of computer programs.