Webropol course for doctoral researchers (1cr)
Code: TUKO2005V25-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 06.08.2025 - 29.09.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 06.08.2025 - 31.12.2025
- Implementation is running.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 1 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 1 - 500
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After completing this course, the doctoral researcher is able to:
- create a questionnaire that makes good use of the various question tools and settings available in Webropol
- publish the questionnaire either through e-mail to a specific respondent group or as a public questionnaire
- describe the submitted answers by using the reporting tool in Webropol
- transfer the data to SPSS software for a more in-depth analysis.
Execution methods
Teaching profile: ONLINE 1
Content
On the Webropol course, emphasis is laid on creating questionnaires for different academic purposes and publishing them, and on describing and handling the data by means of the reporting tool in Webropol and SPSS.
Materials
Mario Callegaro, Katja Lozar Manfreda, Vasja Vehovar (2015) Web Survey Methodology.
Mick, P. Couper (2008) Designing effective web surveys.
Teaching methods
The course is completed through active engagement in the teaching session and by completing course assignments, which primarily involve designing and conducting an online survey.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Pass
The doctoral researcher is able to prepare and conduct a web survey by Webropol in order to gather data via email invitations. The doctoral researcher is able to report the results by using a Webropol reporting tool as well as transforming the data to the SPSS format. The doctoral researcher can understand essential characteristics of web survey methodology in the context of general scientific survey methodology.
Fail
The doctoral researcher is unable to prepare and conduct a web survey in order to gather data via email invitations. The doctoral researcher is unable to understand web survey methodology in the context of general scientific survey methodology
Further information
As a mandatory prerequisite for participating in the course, students must independently obtain Webropol credentials from the Student Helpdesk (helpdesk@ ulapland.fi) before the course begins.