Course - Applied Social Statistics - SOS8003
Applied Social Statistics
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About the course
Course content
This course covers applied statistical data analysis with continuous and categorical variables. The emphasis will be on regular OLS analysis and how this can be used to examine various relationships between dependent variables (Y) and a set of continuous explanatory variables (X). The students are also introduced to logit regression and other techniques applied when Y is a categorical variable. Emphasis is placed on methods to test whether the model assumptions are credible.
Learning outcome
Knowledge - the student shall:
- be able to read academic literature in the social sciences where regression models are used and with critical insights in the context of modeling assumptions and analysis results
Skills - the student shall demonstrate the ability to:
- carry out analyses with the help of the analytical models in which they received instruction
Learning methods and activities
Teaching methods and activities: Lectures, seminars and PC-labs equivalent to 6 hours pr week. Supervision of term paper. The paper is to be an independent discussion of a topic taught in lectures, and is to consist of 20 pages. If 6 or fewer students sign up for a planned course during the first 2 teaching weeks, the course will be offered as an instructed reading course.
Further on evaluation
Form of assessment: Individual paper. An identical version of the exam paper cannot be used directly in the PhD thesis as an article or a chapter. A revised version of the exam paper may be included in the thesis. When repeating a failed exam, the candidate can submit a revised version of a previously submitted paper in the course. If the submission is a revised version of a previously submitted paper, this must be specified in the paper.
Recommended previous knowledge
SOS1002.
Required previous knowledge
15 credits quantitative research methods in the social sciences.
Course materials
To be decided at the start of the course.
Credit reductions
Course code | Reduction | From |
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SOS3003 | 10 sp | Autumn 2010 |
SOS3005 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2011 |
IDR3024 | 10 sp | Autumn 2011 |
SOS3010 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2011 |
SVSOS316 | 10 sp | Autumn 2011 |
Subject areas
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Political Science