Sociologia | INVESTIGATION AND CASE-STUDY DESIGN

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INVESTIGATION AND CASE-STUDY DESIGN

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	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2018/2019

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-S/05	6	40	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	AIMS THE COURSE AIMS ARE: TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGES FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATISTICAL SURVEY STARTING FROM THE PRESENTATION OF THE MAIN SAMPLING DESIGNS, PROBABILISTIC AND NON-PROBABILISTIC, ACQUIRING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE THEORY OF THE SAMPLES AND THE ESTIMATION METHODS OF THE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; TO REPEAT THE PHASES OF THE SURVEY, FOCUSING ON THE CHOICE OF THE SAMPLING STRATEGY SUITABLE TO THE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL PHENOMENA UNDER ANALYSIS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO REALIZE SAMPLING SURVEYS USING THE MAIN SAMPLES DESIGNS TO THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA IN REAL CONTEXTS, BY APPRECIATING THE ADVANTAGES DERIVING FROM THE USE OF STATISTICAL METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN DIFFERENT APPLICATION FIELDS. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DESIGN A STATISTICAL SURVEY, FROM THE FORMULATION OF THE THEORETICAL PROBLEM AND THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESES TO THE CHOICE OF THE SAMPLING DESIGN SUITABLE FOR THE STUDY OF THE PHENOMENON UNDER ANALYSIS, UNTIL THE PHASE OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS. THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO ELABORATE A RESEARCH REPORT USING A STATISTICAL SOFTWARE ON REAL DATA SET AND TO INTERPRET THE RESULTS IN A CRITICAL AND ORIGINAL MANNER.

AIMS
THE COURSE AIMS ARE: TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGES FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATISTICAL SURVEY STARTING FROM THE PRESENTATION OF THE MAIN SAMPLING DESIGNS, PROBABILISTIC AND NON-PROBABILISTIC, ACQUIRING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE THEORY OF THE SAMPLES AND THE ESTIMATION METHODS OF THE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; TO REPEAT THE PHASES OF THE SURVEY, FOCUSING ON THE CHOICE OF THE SAMPLING STRATEGY SUITABLE TO THE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL PHENOMENA UNDER ANALYSIS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO REALIZE SAMPLING SURVEYS USING THE MAIN SAMPLES DESIGNS TO THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA IN REAL CONTEXTS, BY APPRECIATING THE ADVANTAGES DERIVING FROM THE USE OF STATISTICAL METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN DIFFERENT APPLICATION FIELDS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DESIGN A STATISTICAL SURVEY, FROM THE FORMULATION OF THE THEORETICAL PROBLEM AND THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESES TO THE CHOICE OF THE SAMPLING DESIGN SUITABLE FOR THE STUDY OF THE PHENOMENON UNDER ANALYSIS, UNTIL THE PHASE OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO ELABORATE A RESEARCH REPORT USING A STATISTICAL SOFTWARE ON REAL DATA SET AND TO INTERPRET THE RESULTS IN A CRITICAL AND ORIGINAL MANNER.

	Prerequisites
	STATISTICS

	Contents
	THE COURSE FOCUSES ON THE DESIGN OF STATISTICAL SURVEYS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS. IT ADDRESSES THE TOPICS RELATED TO: POPULATION AND SAMPLE, CENSUS SURVEYS AND SAMPLE SURVEYS, ORIGINS OF SURVEYS AND OPINION POLLS, STEPS TO COLLECT DATA IN A SAMPLE SURVEY, PROBABILITY SAMPLING (SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING WITH REPETITION AND WITHOUT REPETITION, SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING, STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING, CLUSTER SAMPLING), THE ESTIMATION OF SAMPLE SIZE, NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING DESIGNS, SOURCES OF THE ERRORS IN SURVEYS. EXAMPLES OF SAMPLING DESIGNS DEFINED TO STUDY SOCIAL PHENOMENA WILL BE PROVIDED AND LABORATORY EXERCISES WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE USE OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE.

Contents

THE COURSE FOCUSES ON THE DESIGN OF STATISTICAL SURVEYS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS.

IT ADDRESSES THE TOPICS RELATED TO:
POPULATION AND SAMPLE, CENSUS SURVEYS AND SAMPLE SURVEYS, ORIGINS OF SURVEYS AND OPINION POLLS, STEPS TO COLLECT DATA IN A SAMPLE SURVEY, PROBABILITY SAMPLING (SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING WITH REPETITION AND WITHOUT REPETITION, SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING, STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING, CLUSTER SAMPLING), THE ESTIMATION OF SAMPLE SIZE, NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING DESIGNS, SOURCES OF THE ERRORS IN SURVEYS.

EXAMPLES OF SAMPLING DESIGNS DEFINED TO STUDY SOCIAL PHENOMENA WILL BE PROVIDED AND LABORATORY EXERCISES WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE USE OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 40 HOURS AND INCLUDES CLASSROOM LECTURES, CLASSROOM EXERCISES AND LABORATORY SESSIONS

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAM IS DEEMED TO BE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY IF THE FINAL GRADE IS EQUAL TO OR HIGHER THAN 18/30. IN THE EVENT OF A FULL GRADE (30/30), THE EXAMINATION BOARD MAY GRANT HONOURS (LODE). THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS: A WRITTEN TEST, OR IN ALTERNATIVE A PROJECT WORK, AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW. THE WRITTEN TEST OR THE PROJECT WORK AIM AT ASSESSING THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND THE ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE WRITTEN TEST TAKES ABOUT 90 MINUTES AND IT IS STRUCTURED IN EXERCISES ABOUT THE TOPICS DEVELOPED DURING THE COURSE. THE PROJECT WORK CONSISTS OF A TECHNICAL REPORT WITH THE COLLECTION AND THE ANALYSIS OF REAL DATA SET ON A SOCIAL PHENOMENON UNDER ANALYSIS. THE ORAL INTERVIEW TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY AND THE QUALITY OF ORAL EXPOSITION.

Verification of learning

THE EXAM IS DEEMED TO BE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY IF THE FINAL GRADE IS EQUAL TO OR HIGHER THAN 18/30. IN THE EVENT OF A FULL GRADE (30/30), THE EXAMINATION BOARD MAY GRANT HONOURS (LODE).

THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS: A WRITTEN TEST, OR IN ALTERNATIVE A PROJECT WORK, AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW.

THE WRITTEN TEST OR THE PROJECT WORK AIM AT ASSESSING THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND THE ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
THE WRITTEN TEST TAKES ABOUT 90 MINUTES AND IT IS STRUCTURED IN EXERCISES ABOUT THE TOPICS DEVELOPED DURING THE COURSE.
THE PROJECT WORK CONSISTS OF A TECHNICAL REPORT WITH THE COLLECTION AND THE ANALYSIS OF REAL DATA SET ON A SOCIAL PHENOMENON UNDER ANALYSIS.

THE ORAL INTERVIEW TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY AND THE QUALITY OF ORAL EXPOSITION.

	Texts
	TEXTS BERNARDI L. (A CURA DI), PERCORSI DI RICERCA SOCIALE, CAROCCI, ROMA 2007 [CAP. 3, PAR. 3.3 DISEGNI DI CAMPIONAMENTO PP. 101-115] DE CARLO N.A., ROBUSTO E., TEORIA E TECNICHE DI CAMPIONAMENTO NELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI, LED, MILANO 1996 [CAPITOLI 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2] FURTHER READINGS FABBRIS L., L'INDAGINE CAMPIONARIA. METODI, DISEGNI E TECNICHE DI CAMPIONAMENTO, NIS, ROMA 1989 FROSINI B.V., MONTANARO M., NICOLINI G., IL CAMPIONAMENTO DA POPOLAZIONI FINITE: METODI E APPLICAZIONI, UTET UNIVERSITÀ, TORINO 1999

Texts

TEXTS

BERNARDI L. (A CURA DI), PERCORSI DI RICERCA SOCIALE, CAROCCI, ROMA 2007 [CAP. 3, PAR. 3.3 DISEGNI DI CAMPIONAMENTO PP. 101-115]

DE CARLO N.A., ROBUSTO E., TEORIA E TECNICHE DI CAMPIONAMENTO NELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI, LED, MILANO 1996 [CAPITOLI 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2]

FURTHER READINGS

FABBRIS L., L'INDAGINE CAMPIONARIA. METODI, DISEGNI E TECNICHE DI CAMPIONAMENTO, NIS, ROMA 1989

FROSINI B.V., MONTANARO M., NICOLINI G., IL CAMPIONAMENTO DA POPOLAZIONI FINITE: METODI E APPLICAZIONI, UTET UNIVERSITÀ, TORINO 1999