Fourth Summer School on Social Science Research Methods (Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2013)

16 octobre 2012 admin Announcement

January 14-25, 2013
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

The African Doctoral Academy is pleased to offer its fourth Summer School on Social Science Research Methods in partnership with the International Political Science Association (IPSA).

The Summer School is geared to prospective and current doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities, though anyone with a master’s degree may register.

Courses will be offered full-time (Mon-Fri), in English, from January 14 to 25, 2013. The Wilcocks Building on Ryneveld Street in Stellenbosch will serve as the registration venue. From there, students will be directed to the respective presentation venues.

The following courses will be offered:

WEEK 1 – January 14 (Monday) to 18 (Friday)

– Course 1: Research Designs in the Social Sciences (Johann Mouton – Stellenbosch University)
– Course 2: Introduction to SPSS (Cindy Lee Steenekamp & Nelius Boshoff – Stellenbosch University)
– Course 3: Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti (Lauren Wildschut – Stellenbosch University)
– Course 4: Introduction to Survey Methods and Sampling (Jan Vorster – Stellenbosch University)
– Course 5: Comparative Research Designs and Comparative Methods – An Overview (Dirk Berg-Schlosser – Philipps University Marburg)
– Course 6 (to be confirmed): Introduction to Multivariate Statistics (Bernhard Kittel – University of Vienna)
– Course 7: No Real Gap: Epistemological Foundations of Qualitative and Quantitative Research (Werner Patzelt – Technical University Dresden)
– Course 8: Designing, Doing and Publishing Case Studies (Michael Gibbert – University of Lugano)

WEEK 2 – January 21 (Monday) to 25 (Friday) 

– Course 9: Evaluation Research (Johann Mouton and Lauren Wildschut – Stellenbosch University)
– Course 10: Basic Statistics and Data Analysis Using SPSS (Cindy Lee Steenekamp and Nelius Boshoff – Stellenbosch University). Course 2 is a PRE-REQUISITE for attending this course.
– Course 11: Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti (Susanne Friese – QUARC). Course 3 is a PRE-REQUISITE for attending this course.
– Course 12: Interview Techniques and Analyses
(Max Bergman – University of Basel)
– Course 13 (to be confirmed): Regression Analysis (Bernhard Kittel – University of Vienna)
– Course 14: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Methods (Dirk Berg-Schlosser – Philipps University Marburg)
– Course 15: Doing Grounded Theory Based on Observation, Interviewing and Documentary Evidence (Werner Patzelt – Technical University Dresden)

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
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For complete course descriptions and details on fees and registration, go to www.sun.ac.za/ada

The registration deadline is November 30, 2012.

Enquiries: Course Coordinator: Melinda Rust, mrust@sun.ac.za, tel. 021 808 3394

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