Computer Assisted Research SC-3F-KWB

PROGRAM CONTENT
1. Database preparation:
- data set structure and data set management;
- data transformation;
- importing the database from MS Excel, from a text file;
- missing data;
- data entry.

2. Transformations on variables:
- recoding variable values;
- creating new variables;
- counting occurrences.

3. Data analysis:
- frequency distributions;
- cross tables, contingency;
- graphs;
- multiple response tables;
- correlation coefficients;
- χ2 test of agreement.

4. Reporting – report structure.

Term 2024Z:

The classes are conducted using SPSS software. The software for your own needs (license valid until September 30 of the following year) can be downloaded from: https://spss.aps.edu.pl/ The website also provides instructions on how to obtain a license and install the program.

You can use your own equipment during classes.

The files for the exercises will be shared in the MS Teams group for our subject (team code: z4meanz). Note: this is a team for the subject, not a specific exercise group.

As part of the classes, you are allowed two absences (excused or unexcused). Excessive absences can be made up by preparing a written paper on a topic assigned by the instructor from the subject (sample topics are given below). Catching up is possible until 23.01.2025.

Sample topics:
1. Central tendency measures available in SPSS software
2. Testing variable distributions
3. Frequency analysis - advantages and disadvantages of the method
4. Frequency analysis - dangers for the analyst

The topics provided are sample topics, the instructor may indicate another issue to be developed.

The course will look as follows:

10/10/24 - Organizational activities, introduction to SPSS
10/17/24 - Database preparation: importing data from other sources
10/24/24 - Database preparation: missing data, data transformation
10/31/24 - Colloquium no. 1
11/07/24 - Transformations on variables: recoding and coding
11/14/24 - Transformations on variables: creating new variables, counting occurrences
11/21/24 - Colloquium no. 2
11/28/24 - Data analysis: basic analyses
12/05/24 - Data analysis: correlations
12/12/24 - Data analysis: testing hypotheses (χ2 test)
12/19/24 - Colloquium no. 3
01/09/25 - Report structure and construction, choosing a paper topic final
16.01.25 - Independent preparation of the final paper
23.01.25 - Independent preparation of the final paper
30.01.25 - Presentation of the final paper

Type of course

obligatory courses

Course coordinators

Konrad Kuźma

Assessment criteria

Passing conditions:
Presence - 15%
Colloquium No. 1 - at the end of block 1 - 15%
Colloquium no. 2 - at the end of block 2 - 20%
Colloquium no. 3 - at the end of block 3 - 20%
Final paper: report based on your own data or data provided by the instructor – 30%

Minimum 51% required

Positive Ratings:
5.0 -> 91-100%
4.5 -> 81-90%
4.0 -> 71-80%
3.5 -> 61-70%
3.0 -> 51-60%

Bibliography

Basic literature:
1. Pavkov Thomas, Pierce Kent - Do biegu, gotowi, start. Wprowadzenie do SPSS dla Windows, Wydawnictwo GWP, 2005
2. Górniak Jarosław, Wachnicki Janusz - Pierwsze kroki w analizie danych SPSS for Windows, Wydawnictwo SPSS Polska, 2013

Additional literature:
1. Gałuszko Konrad, Lewczuk Joanna, Kuźma Konrad Krystian - Walidować? Weryfikować? Nie ruszać? O niestatystycznych, udziałach i stochastycznych metodach oceny ilości danych ilościowych opowieść, Studia Politologiczne, 54, 2019
2. Nawojczyk Maria - Przewodnik po statystyce dla socjologów, Wydawnictwo SPSS Polska, 2002
3. Szaniawski Klemens - Metody statystyczne w socjologii: wybrane zagadnienia, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1968
4. Józefacka, Natalia M.; Kołek, Mateusz F.; Arciszewska-Leszczuk, Aleksandra (2023). Metodologia i statystyka, tom 1: Przewodnik naukowego turysty. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA

Term 2022Z:

Notes

Term 2024Z:

Consultations take place remotely on the MS Teams channel on Thursdays, between 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. after prior arrangement by email.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of SC-3F-KWB in USOSweb