Political science and international relations

The course aims to provide the student with a set of core competencies concerning the measurement and statistical analysis of economic phenomena, with particular reference to the macro level. At the end of the course, the student is going to have a suitable knowledge of the most important statistical methodologies adopted in the quantitative investigation of economic phenomena, from a theoretical as well as an applied point of view. Most notably, the student is going to achieve a good command of the research method and the techniques usually adopted in the analysis of economic phenomena, as well as the related practical and operational skills on data measurement, detection and processing, improving his ability to understand the functioning of the economic system. Finally, the student is supposed to be able in applying his knowledge into a real work environment, to fulfil tasks ranging from problem solving to the conduct of statistical surveys and the writing of reports in many application areas (including marketing research, advertising, and Web analytics).