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Last update: prof. RNDr. PhDr. Hana Voňková, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (13.09.2021)
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Last update: prof. RNDr. PhDr. Hana Voňková, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (13.09.2021)
The aim of the course is that students learn to conduct independently qualitative and quantitative research of a selected topic in education and critically evaluate the Czech public sector of education based on their knowledge about international comparative studies in education. Next, they learn to analyze data using selected statistical methods in softwares Gretl and R and statistically analyze achievement tests. |
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Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
Bell, J., Waters, S. (2018). Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-time Researchers. Amacom.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., Morrison, K. (2017). Research Methods in Education. New York: Routledge.
Creswell, J. W., Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. London: Sage Publications.
Gay, L.R., & Mills, G.E. (2018). Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Application. New York: Pearson.
Hinkle, D.E., Wiersma, W., & Jurs, S.G. (2003). Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Boston : Houghton Mifflin.
Shults, K.S., Whitney, D.J., & Zickar, M.J. (2014). Measurement Theory in Action: Case Studies and Exercises. New York: Routledge.
Williams, J. (2020). How to Read and Understand Educational Research. London: Sage Publications.
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Last update: prof. RNDr. PhDr. Hana Voňková, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (13.09.2021)
The final grade is based on the final test based on the content of the course. |
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Last update: prof. RNDr. PhDr. Hana Voňková, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (13.09.2021)
2. Main steps of research process (identifying a research problem, reviewing the literature, selecting participants, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting data, reporting and evaluating research). 3. Characteristics of a good research topic. 4. Questionnaire - construction, examples of questionnaires used in educational research. 5. Observation - example of structured observation a its use in educational research. 6. Types of attitude scales - Likert, semantic differential and rating scales. 7. International comparative studies in education - organizations conducting these studies, studies TIMSS and PISA and comparison of their goals, testing population and test items, results of Czech students in reading, scientific and mathematical literacy. 8. Descriptive statistics - frequencies, measures of central tendency and variability, correlation coefficient, graphing data. 9. Inferential statistics - population, random sample, normal distribution, hypotheses testing, error of the first and second kind, p-value. T-test, F-test, chi-square test and simple linear regression analysis. 10. Analyzing data using the described methods of descriptive and inferential statistics in free statistical softwares Gretl and R. |