- Docente: Alessandro Magrini
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- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Relazioni internazionali (cod. 8782)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
Not mandatory but recommended course for students who want increase basic knowledge of statistics for social sciences.
Contenuti
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.
Testi/Bibliografia
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
Metodi didattici
Lectures including theory and exercises.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Written test.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Lecture slides available in the online material.
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Alessandro Magrini