The course will provide students with the statistical tools for a self-sufficient capability to data processing and analysis in the field of social research. Focusing on the application of statistics, the course discusses the conceptual bases and operation of the most common techniques of exploratory statistics, both at univaried than bivariate level.
teacher profile teaching materials
- Frequency distributions: absolute frequencies, relative frequencies, percentages, cumulated frequencies. Classes of modalities for quantitative variables.
- Statistical plots: bar charts, pie charts, stem and leaf, histograms, time series plot.
- Position indexes: mean, median, mode. Position index properties.
- Variability indexes: variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, range. Concentration.
- Box-plot
- Data transformation. Linear transformation. Standardization.
- Contingency tables. Pearson chi-square index. Independence and dependence on average.
- Covariance and correlation.
- Simple linear regression model.
- Statistical indexes for social science.
or, in alternative,
Diamond I., Jefferies J. (2001). Introduzione alla Statistica per le Scienze Sociali, McGraw-Hill, Milano.
Fruizione: 22902550-1 STATISTICA SOCIALE in Servizio sociale e Sociologia L-40 CAPOBIANCO ROSA
Programme
- Introduction.- Frequency distributions: absolute frequencies, relative frequencies, percentages, cumulated frequencies. Classes of modalities for quantitative variables.
- Statistical plots: bar charts, pie charts, stem and leaf, histograms, time series plot.
- Position indexes: mean, median, mode. Position index properties.
- Variability indexes: variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, range. Concentration.
- Box-plot
- Data transformation. Linear transformation. Standardization.
- Contingency tables. Pearson chi-square index. Independence and dependence on average.
- Covariance and correlation.
- Simple linear regression model.
- Statistical indexes for social science.
Core Documentation
Monti A.C. (2009). Statistica per le Scienze Giuridiche e Sociali, ESI, Napoli.or, in alternative,
Diamond I., Jefferies J. (2001). Introduzione alla Statistica per le Scienze Sociali, McGraw-Hill, Milano.
Type of delivery of the course
Traditional