- Docente: Piergiorgio Corbetta
- Credits: 7
- SSD: SECS-S/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Social Educator (cod. 0520)
Learning outcomes
During the course principal research techniques will be presented; in the final part of course some space will be devoted to the data analysis. The aim of the course is to give to students the basic knowlwdge needed to conduct a very simple social research and to critically analyze a social research report.
Course contents
- From theory to research
- The survey
- Official statistical documents
- Data analysis: monovariate analysis
- Data analysis: bivariate analysis
Readings/Bibliography
Piergiorgio Corbetta, La ricerca sociale: metodologia e
tecniche, Bologna, Il Mulino
Vol II. Le tecniche quantitative: Cap. I: par. from 1 to 6. Cap.
III: par. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Cap. V: all
Vol IV. L'analisi dei dati: Cap. II: par. 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 13.
Cap. III: par. 1, 2 (with exclusion of 2.5, 2.6), par. 7.1
Alternatively:
Piergiorgio Corbetta, Metodologia e tecniche della ricerca sociale,
Bologna, Il Mulino
Cap. III: par. da 1 a 6. Cap. V: par. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Cap.
VII: all. Cap. XII: par. 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 13. Cap. XIII: par. 1, 2
(with exclusion of 2.5, 2.6), par. 7.1.
The two programs are identical; they utilize the same text,
published in two different issues, one in just one volume, the
other in four different little volumes (the first and the third are
is not necessary for this exam).
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures
Assessment methods
Final written exam: multiple choice test and data analysis exercises
Teaching tools
No special tools
Office hours
See the website of Piergiorgio Corbetta