University of Oslo
Institute for Educational Research
Master of philosophy in Comparative and International Education
ACADEMIC YEAR 2005/2006
Updated July 2005
Unfortunately mistakes may occur in the syllabus. Changes will be announced on the webpage.
*The text is in a compendium, available at Gnist Akademika.
**The book is used several places in the syllabus.
Bryman, Alan (2004): Social Research methods, 2nd edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press. Chapter 1-11, 13-16. (338p.).
Chalmers, A. F. (1999) : What is this thing called science?, Buckingham: Open University Press. Chapter 1-2, 4-10, 14-16. (187p.).
Durrheim, Kevin (1999): "Quantitative Measurement" In : Research in practice : applied methods for the social sciences , Martin Terre Blanche & Kevin Durrheim (eds.). Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press. Chapter 5. (24p.)**.
Durrheim, Kevin (1999): "Quantitative Analysis" In : Research in practice : applied methods for the social sciences, Martin Terre Blanche & Kevin Durrheim (eds.). Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press. Chapter 6. (27p.)**.
Tredoux, Colin & Pretorius, Tyronne (1999): "Reducing and understanding complexity : multivariate data : analysis" In : Research in practice : applied methods for the social sciences, Martin Terre Blanche & Kevin Durrheim (eds.). Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press. Chapter 19. (24p.)**.
Tredoux, Colin & Smith, Mario (1999): "Jumping to conclusions : an overview of inferential statistical methods" In : Research in practice : applied methods for the social sciences, Martin Terre Blanche & Kevin Durrheim (eds.). Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press. Chapter 18. (24p.)**.
Total number of pages : 624