STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
STATISTICA SOCIALE
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| 2023/2024 | 6 |
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| Pietro Renzi | Before the begginning of the lessons |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The main learning objectives are to introduce the students to the study of the main statistical technique to better understanding the management of health and social services. This objectives may be reached through a brief explanation of the basis of descriptive statistic. Furthermore, will be presented some issues concerning the principal measures to assess inequalities in the field of health and social care.
Program
- Definitions of statistic
- Fields of application of social statistics;
- How to carry on a research in the field of social care;
- The matrix of data and the types of scales; the statistical tables and their classification;
- The most common graphic representations taken from the teacher's research; some application through softwares Excel an SPSS;
- Statistical reports and average values; examples drawn from the teacher's research;
- Mutability, absolute and relative variability; concentration and its measure;
- Analysis of the relationships between characters: contingency, linear simple correlation, linear simple regression;
- The evaluation of the performance of social and health services and the measurement of inequalities.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
The course will be divided into lectures, exercises, workshops and seminars, through the illustration of the main research experiences carried out by the teacher and other social statisticians (performance of services, health mobility, the balance of care (BoC) for the elderly and disabled, efficiency and effectiveness of health and social services).
Therefore, in addition to frontal teaching, the student must have the ability to apply statistical techniques in concrete operational contexts, following the research paths undertaken by the teacher.
- Attendance
Attendance and contact with the teacher is recommended.
- Course books
HEALEY J.F. (1996) . Statistics. A tool for social research, WATSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY chapters:( 1,2,3,4,5,13,14,16)
- Assessment
The assessment of learning will take place at the end of the course through a written test where descriptive statistics exercises and related to the monographic part will be proposed. The evaluation will take into account the following elements:
- logic in solving the question;
- correctness of the statistical procedure;
- adequacy of the solution;
- use of correct language;
The satisfaction of these aspects will lead to an evaluation ranging between 18 and 30 cum laude.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
It is recommended to follow the order of the program.
- Attendance
Contacts with the teacher during the reception.
- Course books
HEALEY J.F. (1996) . Statistics. A tool for social research, WATSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY chapters:( 1,2,3,4,5,13,14,16)
- Assessment
The assessment of learning will take place at the end of the course through a written test where descriptive statistics exercises and related to the monographic part will be proposed. The evaluation will take into account the following elements:
- logic in solving the question;
- correctness of the statistical procedure;
- adequacy of the solution;
- use of correct language;
The satisfaction of these aspects will lead to an evaluation ranging between 18 and 30 cum laude.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
The student can request to attend to the final exam in English version.
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