6 ECTS credits
166 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1020439AER for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
Descriptive and inferential statistics form a basic approach for doing social research. A statistical approach to social sciences research, however, enhances more than a mere application of statistics to gather and process data. The core of the course constitutes of the basic reasoning that underlies a statistical enquiry in the domain of the social sciences; the levels of measurement; the forms of data that can be processed; the definition of data; the calculation of measures of centrality, dispersion, shape and bivariate association; statistical inference; validity tests; and the interpretation of research results achieved through statistical applications.
Not applicable.
The aim of this course is to introduce statistical concepts and techniques in the areas of descriptive as well as inferential statistics. By the end of this course students should be able to explain in their own words inferential- and descriptive-statistical concepts; to calculate measures of centrality, shape, dispersion and bivariate association; to apply probability rules; to elaborate upon the characteristics of theoretical and sampling distributions; and to explain and apply the principles of descriptive and inferential statistics.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Formative evaluation:
Under the supervision of the teaching assistants, students are taught during seminars, exercises and computer assisted practicals to apply the statistical techniques to research questions.
Summative evaluation:
Written examination about the knowledge, application and interpretation of statistical techniques: written exam at the end of the semester (100%).
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Startplan