- Docente: Alberto Cazzola
- Credits: 5
- SSD: SECS-S/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in STATISTICAL SCIENCES (cod. 8054)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student has knowledge of the main
statistical sources, official and unofficial, national and
international, combined with 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 and to use with full knowledge of statistical
sources
Course contents
- Introduction and terminology
- The evolution of scientific thought in Statistics
- The scope of studies of the Social Statistics
- The data sources of Social Statistics
- Introduction to basic methods
- Case Study: Culture and leisure
- Case Study: Environment and Health
- Case Study: Clinical Complications
- Case study: Foreigners in Italy
- Case study: Crime and Safety
Readings/Bibliography
power point slide in pdf format and internet references
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
The final verification is carried out through a discussion on the topics listed on the site teacher. The educational materials listed as optional may be exposed by the student, but is not required by the teacher. The oral examination assesses the methodological and critical skills acquired by the student, the ability to correctly expose the topics discussed in class and also the ability to expose in a formal manner as provided by the program.
Teaching tools
Links to further information
http://www2.stat.unibo.it/cazzola/
Office hours
See the website of Alberto Cazzola