- Docente: Valerio Vanelli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-S/05
- Language: Italian
- 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