Giuseppe GIORDANO | STATISTICS

cod. 0312300023

STATISTICS

	0312300023
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2018/2019

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-S/01	9	60	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	EDUCATIONAL AIMS THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC QUANTITAIVE TOOLS THAT ALLOW TO DESCRIBE AND ANALYZE DATA FROM UNIVARIATE AND BIVARIATE CENSUS AND SAMPLE SURVEY. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - HAVE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF TEXT BOOKS, ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DATA AND FOR THE TREATMENT OF DATA FROM SAMPLE SURVEYS. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - HAVE ACQUIRED SKILLS AND OPERATIONAL PRACTICES RELATING TO THE COLLECTION, TREATMENT, MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA; - HAVE ACQUIRED THE ABILITY TO PLAN, ORGANIZE AND MANAGE STATISTICAL DATABASE.

EDUCATIONAL AIMS
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC QUANTITAIVE TOOLS THAT ALLOW TO DESCRIBE AND ANALYZE DATA FROM UNIVARIATE AND BIVARIATE CENSUS AND SAMPLE SURVEY.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- HAVE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF TEXT BOOKS, ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DATA AND FOR THE TREATMENT OF DATA FROM SAMPLE SURVEYS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- HAVE ACQUIRED SKILLS AND OPERATIONAL PRACTICES RELATING TO THE COLLECTION, TREATMENT, MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA;
- HAVE ACQUIRED THE ABILITY TO PLAN, ORGANIZE AND MANAGE STATISTICAL DATABASE.

	Prerequisites
	PASSING THE OFA IN MATHS. ABILITY IN USING SPREADSHEETS (E.G. EXCEL)

	Contents
	THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN 3 THEMATIC MODULES. MODULE 1: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA. POPULATION AND SAMPLE. THE STATISTICAL DATA. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES. THE STATISTICAL TABLES. THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS. THE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS. THE AVERAGE VALUES. THE VARIABILITY. BIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA. CONTINGENCY TABLES. CHI-SQUARE ASSOCIATION TEST. LINEAR CORRELATION. LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL. MODULE 2: ELEMENTS OF PROBABILITY DEFINITION OF PROBABILISTIC MODEL. BERNOULLI MODEL. DEFINITION OF RANDOM VARIABLE. DISCRETE AND CONTINUE RANDOM VARIABLES. DEFINITION OF DENSITY FUNCTION. EXPECTED VALUE AND VARIANCE OF A RANDOM VARIABLE. BERNOULLI RANDOM VARIABLE AND NORMAL RANDOM VARIABLE. CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM. DEFINITION OF STATISTICS. DISTRIBUTION OF A SAMPLE STATISTICS. MEDIA AND VARIANCE OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA AND SAMPLE PROPORTION. MODULE 3: ELEMENTS OF INFERENCE POINT ESTIMATES AND CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR PROPORTION AND MEAN. TEST FOR MEAN AND PROPORTION. THE CHI-SQUARE TEST FOR INDEPENDENCE.

Contents

THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN 3 THEMATIC MODULES.

MODULE 1: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA. POPULATION AND SAMPLE. THE STATISTICAL DATA. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES. THE STATISTICAL TABLES. THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS. THE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS. THE AVERAGE VALUES. THE VARIABILITY.
BIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA. CONTINGENCY TABLES. CHI-SQUARE ASSOCIATION TEST. LINEAR CORRELATION. LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL.

MODULE 2: ELEMENTS OF PROBABILITY
DEFINITION OF PROBABILISTIC MODEL. BERNOULLI MODEL. DEFINITION OF RANDOM VARIABLE. DISCRETE AND CONTINUE RANDOM VARIABLES. DEFINITION OF DENSITY FUNCTION. EXPECTED VALUE AND VARIANCE OF A RANDOM VARIABLE. BERNOULLI RANDOM VARIABLE AND NORMAL RANDOM VARIABLE. CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM. DEFINITION OF STATISTICS. DISTRIBUTION OF A SAMPLE STATISTICS. MEDIA AND VARIANCE OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA AND SAMPLE PROPORTION.

MODULE 3: ELEMENTS OF INFERENCE
POINT ESTIMATES AND CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR PROPORTION AND MEAN. TEST FOR MEAN AND PROPORTION. THE CHI-SQUARE TEST FOR INDEPENDENCE.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES. CASE-STUDY IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FIELD.

	Verification of learning
	INTERCOURSE LEARNING TESTS, THE FINAL EXAM PROVIDES A WRITTEN TEST FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PRACTICAL SKILLS AND AN ORAL TEST TO EVALUATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THEORIC ASPECTS. ALL STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED TO THE ORAL DISCUSSION. THE EXAM IS PASSED PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO COVER HALF OF THE WRITTEN EXERCISES AND SHOW PROPER PADRONANCE OF THE PECULIAR LANGUAGE OF THE FIELD.

	Texts
	STATISTICA, LEVINE DAVID M.; KREHBIEL TIMOTHY C.; BERENSON MARK L. 2011, 5 ED., EDITOREPEARSON (COLLANA STATISTICA) CAP 1; CAP 2 (PAR.: FROM 2.1 TO 2.4); CAP 3; CAP 5 (PAR. 5.1); CAP. 6 (PAR.: 6.1 AND 6.2); CAP. 7 (TO BE READ: PAR. 7.1 - 7.2; TO TUDY: PAR.: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5); CAP. 8; CAP. 9; CAP. 11 (PAR.: 11.3); CAP. 12 (PAR.: 12.1, 12.2)

BETA VERSION Data source ESSE3 [Ultima Sincronizzazione: 2019-10-21]

Giuseppe GIORDANO | STATISTICS