- Docente: Livia Elisa Ortensi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-S/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Statistical Sciences (cod. 8873)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Geography and Territorial Processes (cod. 0971)
First cycle degree programme (L) in International Development and Cooperation (cod. 8890)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student has knowledge of the main statistical sources, official and unofficial, national and international technical and methodological aspects of social research. In particular, the student is able to: - use the basic tools of quantitative analysis and verification of results in social research - advantage with full knowledge of statistical sources
Course contents
The evolution of scientific thought in Statistics - The field of study of the Social Statistics - The Sources of Social Statistics - Indicators and Indexes - Questions and Answers _ Psychological issues in understanding questions and answering - Techniques of administration of the questionnaire - Sample design - Research in the field of hard to reach populations - Causality and experiments - Laboratory
Readings/Bibliography
Power point slide
Vanda Lucia Zammuner, Tecniche dell'intervista e del questionario. Il Mulino.
Piergiorgio Corbetta, Metodologia e tecniche della ricerca sociale. Il Mulino (Chapter 1 to 9 Mandatory for students not attending lessons, optional for students attending lessons)
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons, power point slide, Computer Lab exercise
Assessment methods
Students attending lessons are required to deliver two assignments.
For students not attending lessons, the final verification is carried out through a written examination.
Teaching tools
Computer Lab (Software Excel, SPSS)
Office hours
See the website of Livia Elisa Ortensi