- Docente: Linda Altieri
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)
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from Sep 23, 2022 to Dec 14, 2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is able to run a basic statistical analysis on different types of data, using the tools described in the next Section.
Course contents
The course is divided in 3 blocks
1) Univariate descriptive statistics
- frequencies, means, variability measures
2) Bivariate descriptive statistics
- tables, frequencies, association indices, covariance and linear regression
3) Probability and inference
- basic probability, probability distributions, hints of estimation methods
Readings/Bibliography
Statistica: metodologie per le scienze economiche e sociali, Simone Borra e Agostino Di Ciaccio. Editore: McGraw-Hill
The book is optional. Any other book dealing with basic statistics may be used.
Teaching methods
The course materiali is available on Virtuale.
Theoretical and practical classes are given, with the help of slides and notes.
The entire course is recorded and available on Virtuale.
Assessment methods
Please refer to https://corsi.unibo.it/laurea/ScienzeInternazionaliDiplomatiche/organizzazione-della-didattica for general rules.
Exams are composed of practical questions with multiple answers. Students can use the course material and a calculator during the exam. Details are given on Virtuale.
Teaching tools
Slides, notes, exercises and lesson recordings are available on Virtuale.
Book (optional).
Class exercises with a tutor.
Emails and meetings with the teacher.
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Linda Altieri