08829 - Social Research Methodology

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Maurizio Rossi
  • Credits: 8
  • SSD: SPS/07
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Science Of Lifelong Educational Processes (cod. 8780)

Course contents

Principles of Social Research. Survey Research Methods. Population, Units and Characters. Statistical Distributions. Mean Values. Variability Measures. Statistical Relationships. Statistical  Inference.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Bailey K.D,  Metodi della ricerca sociale. Vol. IV - L'analisi e l'interpretazione dei dati, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006. (only chapters 1 and 3).
2. Corbetta. P,  La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche. Vol. II - Le tecniche quantitative, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003 (chapter IV excluded).
3. Corbetta. P,  La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche. Vol. IV - L'analisi dei dati, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003.

Teaching methods

Direct lessons and individual exercises. Exercises aim to allow students to tackle with the statistical analysis of quantitative data.  

Lessons calendar:
Aula Informatica I (Via Filippo Re 6)

Assessment methods

Attending students: assessment and discussion of individual tests produced during and at the end of the course and written exam (5 closed and 3 open questions - time allowed: 60 minutes).   

Non-attending students : a written exam consisting of 10 closed  and 7 open questions. Time allowed: 90 minutes.
List of questions (open and closed) from which test questions will be selected, here:
http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/guidaesami.htm
Test structure, here:
http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/guidaesami.htm
Assessment procedure, here:
http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/guidaesami.htm#Pv
Registration rules, here:
http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/dateinfo.htm#Iscr
Grade registration rules, here:
http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/dateinfo.htm#Verb
Exam calendar from october to september, here:
http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/dateinfo.htm#EsaReg

Teaching tools

Videoprojector, PC. 
Lesson material and notes, here: 
http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/matlezioni.htm

Links to further information

http://www.mauriziorossi.eu/

Office hours

See the website of Maurizio Rossi