Quantitative data analysis: Michał Pohski’s “Social mobility in Poland”

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Course ID:	3502-ADI-11
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Quantitative data analysis: Michał Pohski’s “Social mobility in Poland”
Name in Polish:	ADI: „Ruchliwość społeczna w Polsce” Michała Pohoskiego
Organizational unit:	Institute of Sociology
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ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Expected level of knowledge of statistics and research methodology at least equivalent to "Sociologist's statistical toolbox" and "Methodological toolbox" courses (or courses of similar scope completed during undergraduate studies).
Mode:	Remote learning
Short description:	Research on social mobility conducted by prof. Michał Pohoski in the early 1970s were special in Polish sociology, but their value and potential were used to a minimal extent. Pohoski's monograph "Social mobility in Poland" is available only in the typescript. The study dataset and documentation were reproduced by merging their scattered fragments. The value of Pohoski's research and work consists in presenting the very issue of social mobility and changes in the social structure of the People's Republic of Poland, and in that it is an excellent example of the application of a number of statistical techniques used in the analysis of social structure. The title of the book fully reflects its subject, which is also a comparative analysis of the phenomenon of social mobility in Poland and similar processes in the United States Classes are designed as a workshop-seminar, in which participants will present papers based on individual chapters of the book "Social Mobility in Poland".
Full description:	Research on social mobility conducted by prof. Michał Pohoski in the early 1970s due to their scale and innovation were a phenomenon in Polish sociology. The data collected then has great value and potential - unfortunately, used only to a minimal extent. Pohoski's monograph "Social Mobility in Poland" has not been published yet - it is only available in the form of a digital copy of the only copy found at the University of Warsaw Archives. Similarly, a set of data from the study (created when even a computer diskette was still the future, and not - as it is now - the past) was reproduced by merging its dispersed fragments; the same applies to the survey technical documentation. But - once this work has been done - it is possible to return to both the data and Pohoski's book itself. Its value lies on the one hand in presenting the very issue of social mobility and changes in the social structure in the post-war People's Republic of Poland, but also in that it is an excellent example of the application of a number of statistical techniques used in the analysis of social structure - at a time when, given limited availability of computing machines - you had to think first, and then have the calculations done. Classes are designed as a workshop-seminar, in which participants will present papers based on individual chapters of the book "Social Mobility in Poland". To some extent, this will also involve recalculating some of the results obtained by Pohoski nearly 40 years ago, in completely different technological conditions.
Bibliography:	Michał Pohoski. Ruchliwość społeczna w Polsce (bdimw)
Learning outcomes:	K_W07 Has in-depth knowledge of selected methods and techniques of social research, their limitations, specificity and areas of application K_W08 Is aware of the importance of a reflective and critical approach to the results of social research, analyses and research procedures K_W09 Knows how to plan and carry out complex qualitative and quantitative empirical research; is aware of the consequences of methodological choices K_U04 Can use theoretical categories and research methods in the description and analysis of social and cultural changes in modern societies, as well as their consequences K_U05Can plan and carry out a social study using advanced quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques of social research K_U06 Can use a selected computer program for data analysis, including its advanced functions K_U10 Can prepare a presentation of a selected problem or study in Polish and in a foreign language K_K03 Can gather, find, synthesize and critically assess information about social sciences K_K04 Can argue a thesis using scientific evidence K_K10 Takes responsibility for planned and performed tasks
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Participation in a discussion, presentation or essay. Acceptable number of absences subject to excuse: 2 Rules for passing the correction: as in the first term

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