72633 - Laboratory of Quantitative Methodology for Social Research

Learning outcomes

The course provides – also through practice exercises – an introduction to necessary skills concerning the main phases of quantitative social science research: the planning of research design, the process of questionnaire design and data collection and the preparation of information for analysis and data analysis (univariate and bivariate).

Course contents

The course activities are structured in two parts.

The first part proposes an in-depth itinerary concerning the following topics: research design, conceptualisation and measurement (operational definitions), questionnaire development (writing questions), data collection and data matrix and data analysis (relationships among variables).

The second part aims to develop a real-life research activity (survey) with participant students. In particular, students will be involved in the questionnaire development and in the data collection activities.

During the course, moreover, students will be introduced to data analysis by means of dedicated statistical analysis software.

Readings/Bibliography

P. Corbetta, La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche II. Le tecniche quantitative, il Mulino, Bologna, 2003 (capitoli I, III, IV e V).

Students may choose to prepare coursework relevant to the work carried out during the course. This must be approved by the teacher.

Teaching methods

Face to face lessons.

Assessment methods

Assessment will be in both written and oral form.

Office hours

See the website of Nicola De Luigi