Academic Year 2018/2019
- Docente: Alessandro Magrini
- SSD: 0
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations (cod. 8782)
Learning outcomes
Not mandatory but recommended course for students who want increase basic knowledge of statistics for social sciences.
Course contents
The course aims at providing the basical concepts of statistical data analysis with focus on the social sciences. At the end of the course, the student will acquire the basic skills to analyse quantitative data and to interpret the results.
More specifically, the course addresses univariate and bivariate descriptive statistics, including linear regression, then provides an introduction to statistical inference.
Readings/Bibliography
Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 4th Edition by Alan Agresti and Barbara Finlay. Pearson, 2014.
Contents of the book addressed during the course:
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 8: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 only
- Chapter 9: 9.1 to 9.4 only
- Chapter 4
Teaching methods
Lectures including theory and exercises.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Teaching tools
Lecture slides available in the online material.
Office hours
See the website of Alessandro Magrini