Sociologia | STATISTICAL LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

cod. 0312300053

STATISTICAL LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

	0312300053
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2019/2020

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-S/01	3	20	LAB	VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

	Objectives
	THE LABORATORY INTENDS TO PRESENT THE USEFULNESS OF THE AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE OFFICIAL STATISTICAL SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PHENOMENON. IT PROVIDES THE FUNDAMENTALS OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO DISTINGUISH THE KIND OF VARIABLES ACCORDING TO THEIR MEASUREMENT SCALE AND TO PROCESS THE INFORMATION BY USING STATISTICAL SOFTWARES AND ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY STATISTICAL TOOLS TO SUMMARIZE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN DATASET OBTAINED FROM SECONDARY DATA SOURCES THROUGH THE DEFINITION OF GRAPHS, TABLES AND DESCRIPTIVE INDICES AND TO PROVIDE AN ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS BY CONSIDERING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXTRACT AND ANALYZE DATASETS FROM SECONDARY DATA SOURCES BY USING STATISTICAL SOFTWARE AND ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET. IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE REPORTS FOR THE DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA.

THE LABORATORY INTENDS TO PRESENT THE USEFULNESS OF THE AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE OFFICIAL STATISTICAL SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PHENOMENON. IT PROVIDES THE FUNDAMENTALS OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO DISTINGUISH THE KIND OF VARIABLES ACCORDING TO THEIR MEASUREMENT SCALE AND TO PROCESS THE INFORMATION BY USING STATISTICAL SOFTWARES AND ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY STATISTICAL TOOLS TO SUMMARIZE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN DATASET OBTAINED FROM SECONDARY DATA SOURCES THROUGH THE DEFINITION OF GRAPHS, TABLES AND DESCRIPTIVE INDICES AND TO PROVIDE AN ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS BY CONSIDERING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXTRACT AND ANALYZE DATASETS FROM SECONDARY DATA SOURCES BY USING STATISTICAL SOFTWARE AND ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET. IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE REPORTS FOR THE DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF INFORMATICS AND OFFICE SUITE.

	Contents
	OFFICIAL STATISTICS AND DATABASES ONLINE, TYPES OF DATA AND NATURE OF VARIABLES, DEFINITION OF GRAPHICS, FREQUENCY TABLES AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIVE INDICES FOR QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE VARIABLES BY USING STATISTICAL SOFTWARES AND MICROSOFT EXCEL.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND LABORATORY SESSIONS

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION ON A REPORT PREPARED BY USING MICROSOFT EXCEL AND WORD. THE STUDENTS HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE PRACTICAL SKILLS IN DEFINING TABLES, GRAPHICS, AND BASIC DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICAL INDICES.