Maria Prosperina VITALE | STATISTICAL LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

cod. 0312300053

STATISTICAL LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

	0312300053
	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2024/2025

CURRICULUM WELFARE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

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

	Objectives
	AIMS 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 INCLUDED IN DATASET OBTAINED FROM SECONDARY DATA SOURCES THROUGH THE DEFINITION OF GRAPHS, TABLES AND DESCRIPTIVE INDICES AND TO PROVIDE AN 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. INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW UP SUMMARY REPORTS FOR THE DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENA UNDER STUDY. COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, THROUGH TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS, THE RESULTS OF PROCESSING CONDUCTED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENA UNDER STUDY. LEARNING ABILITY THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO USE COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR THE ANALYSIS AND STORAGE OF DATA AND TO PROCEED TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE USING THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

AIMS
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 INCLUDED IN DATASET OBTAINED FROM SECONDARY DATA SOURCES THROUGH THE DEFINITION OF GRAPHS, TABLES AND DESCRIPTIVE INDICES AND TO PROVIDE AN 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.

INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW UP SUMMARY REPORTS FOR THE DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENA UNDER STUDY.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, THROUGH TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS, THE RESULTS OF PROCESSING CONDUCTED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENA UNDER STUDY.

LEARNING ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO USE COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR THE ANALYSIS AND STORAGE OF DATA AND TO PROCEED TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE USING THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF INFORMATICS AND OFFICE SUITE

	Contents
	TOPICS DEALT BY USING MICROSOFT EXCEL: - OPEN DATA AND OFFICIAL STATISTICS - TYPES OF DATA AND NATURE OF VARIABLES - DEFINITION OF FREQUENCY TABLES - DEFINITION OF GRAPHICS - DEFINITION OF STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIVE INDICES CONSTRUCTION OF INFOGRAPHICS WITH CANVA.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND LABORATORY SESSIONS.

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A TEST TO BE CARRIED OUT BY USING MICROSOFT EXCEL. THE STUDENTS HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE PRACTICAL SKILLS IN DEFINING TABLES, GRAPHICS, BASIC DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICAL INDICES AND FURNISHING AN APPROPRIATE INTERPRETATION OF INFOGRAPHICS TO DESCRIBE SOCIAL PHENOMENA.

	Texts
	TEXTS AGRESTI A. FRANKLIN C. (2016) STATISTICA: L'ARTE E LA SCIENZA D'IMPARARE DAI DATI. PEARSON, MILANO (CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3 AND 4)

	More Information
	FURTHER MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE LECTURES.

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