- Docente: Lucio Picci
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/02
- Language: English
- Moduli: Lucio Picci (Modulo 1) Lucio Picci (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)
Learning outcomes
This course provides students with an introduction to Statistics for the social sciences. Topics include basic mathematical tools used in social science modeling and statistics, theory of estimation and inference, regression analysis and differences of means. The course has an applied orientation. Examples draw heavily from political science, and will be analyzed using the software Stata. 20 hours of dedicated classes will be devoted to the use of this software. At the beginning of the course, it is assumed that all students are familiar with the topics that are typically treated in introductory statistics courses, and in particular with the main concpets of the theory of probability, estimation, and test of hypotheses. At the end of the course, the student is able to to apply the methods considered, using Stata, and to correctly interpret the results of his/her analyses. .
Teaching methods
20 hours of dedicated classes will be devoted to the use of the
STATA software.
Links to further information
https://appliedeconometrics.wikispaces.com/Syllabus+2012-2013
Office hours
See the website of Lucio Picci