to know: the essence of social research; main stages and types of social research; features the preparation, organization and conduct social research; main methods of gathering social information; nature and characteristics of the sampling method in sociology; the specific training of research programs;
be able to: determine the appropriateness of a particular type of sampling in social research; describe the features of the application of a method to reveal the specific research and its varieties; develop methodological and methodical research section of the program; describe the object (the overall problem and the bearer of the problem) and the subject of research; make interpretation and operationalization of the basic concepts; formulate hypotheses of the study.

Prerequisites:
• Theoretical Sociology;
Co-requisites:
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis in social work

The concept, stages and types of social research. The essence of the methodology of social research. Quantitative and qualitative methods of gathering information. The method of analysis documents and its variants. Features of the application of observation and experiment; test and sociometric techniques. The essence and characteristic features of the method of questioning. Basic rules and requirements for designing questionnaires. The essence of the method and features interviews. Basic requirements for individual interviewer. Expert survey and its features. Types of sociological research in qualitative paradigm. Development research program. The essence and characteristics of the sampling method.

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• Як провести соціологічне дослідження: методичні рекомендації / Упоряд. та заг. ред О. М. Балакірєвої та О. О. Яременка. – К.: Державний ін-т проблем сім’ї та молоді, 2004. – 264с.

• oral interviews, participation in discussions, presentation of the study project (40%)
• final control (verification event, test), written-oral form (60%)