GENERAL
| SCHOOL | School of Economics and Political Science |
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| DEPARTMENT | Sociology |
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| Level of Study | Undergraduate |
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| COURSE CODE | 431114 |
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| COURSE TITLE | Social Statistics using statistical software packages (YE) |
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| Independent Teaching Activities |
Weekly Teaching Hours |
CREDIT UNITS |
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| Course Type | Special Background |
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| Prerequisite Courses | No |
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| Teaching and Examination Language | Greek |
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| THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS | Yes |
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| Course Webpage (URL) | https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/SOC244/ |
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(2) LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
- To design a survey
- Select a method and create a data collection instrument
- To analyze the data descriptively and inferentially using R software
General Capabilities
- Search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technologies
- Decision making
- Independent work
- Teamwork
- Generation of new research ideas
- Exercise of criticism and self-criticism
(3) COURSE CONTENT
- Research designs, sources of bias and formulation of the research question
- Causal inference and introduction to causal graphs
- Questionnaire design and weighting
- Sampling techniques
- Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis
- Continuous outcome analysis
- Binary outcome analysis
- Prime factorization
- Configurable outcome analysis
- Questionnaire data analysis
- Meta-analysis
- Survival analysis
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(4) TEACHING & LEARNING METHODS – EVALUATION
| DELIVERY METHOD | Face to face |
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| Information and Communication Technologies |
- PowerPoint presentation,
- Use of R software
- Support of the learning process through the e-class electronic platform
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| Activity |
Semester Workload |
| Lectures |
39 |
| Work |
30 |
| Standalone Study |
78 |
| Participation in exams |
3 |
| Course Summary |
150 |
Student Evaluation
| Process Description Evaluation |
- Final Exam (100%)
- Individual or group assignments (15-30%)
They are listed and available on e-class
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(5) RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Suggested Bibliography
- Agresti A. (2021). Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 5th Edition. TZIOLA
- Sarris, M. (2021). Statistical Analysis and Research Designs in the Social Sciences. Disigma
Related Scientific Journals
- Sociological Methods & Research
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A: Statistics in Society
- Social Science Research
- The Social Science Journal
- Sociological Methodology
