03383 - Social Statistics

Academic Year 2013/2014

  • Docente: Maurizio Rossi
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: SECS-S/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in EDUCATIONAL MODELS AND TECHNIQUES FOR INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL UNEASE (cod. 8002)

Course contents

Population, units and characters. Statistical distributions. Mean values. Variability  measures. Statistical relationships. Statistical  inference.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Bailey K.D, Metodi della ricerca sociale. Vol. IV - L'analisi e l'interpretazione dei  dati, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006. (Only chapters 1 and 3). 
2. Corbetta. P, La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche. Vol. IV - L'analisi dei  dati, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003.

Teaching methods

Direct lessons

Lessons calendar:

Assessment methods

Written exam consisting of 8 closed and 5 open questions. Time allowed: 70  minutes.

Note
The following are available on the lecturer's website:
1. List of questions (open and closed) from which test questions will be selected  (see page: “Domande Esame" [Exam Questions]).
2. Exam calendar until September 2014.  

Teaching tools

Videoprojector, PC

Links to further information

http://www2.scedu.unibo.it/mrossi

Office hours

See the website of Maurizio Rossi