03383 - Social Statistics

Academic Year 2008/2009

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Work, market, environment,social policies and social work (cod. 8047)

Learning outcomes

 

Course contents

- Variables

- Data matrix

- Frequence distribution

- Central tendency measures

- Graphic representations

- Classifications, typologies, taxonomies

- Aggregate data and indexes construction

-Official statistics

-  Time series and territorial series

- Two variables analysis: contingency tables, means, regression and correlation

Readings/Bibliography

P. Corbetta, La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche. Vol. II. Le tecniche quantitative, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003, with limitation to:

  • Cap. 1: La traduzione empirica della teoria
  • Cap. 5: Le fonti statistiche ufficiali

P. Corbetta, La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche. Vol. IV. L'analisi dei dati, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003, with limitation to:

  • Cap. 2: L'analisi monovariata
  • Cap. 3: L'analisi bivariata

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures and exercises in classroom

Assessment methods

Written exam based on exercises and tests.

Teaching tools

Pc, Internet, powerpoint slides

Office hours

See the website of Valerio Vanelli