Sociology

The educational target of this course is the provision of core competencies geared to the statistical analysis, both descriptive and inferential. Notably, the course will put forward the following subjects: preliminary analysis of data and their graphical representations, descriptive statistics, main techniques of analysis on two variables, regression, correlation, elements of probability and statistical inference. At the end of the course, students will have an appropriate level of competence in theoretical knowledge of statistical methods, as well as in their practical application. Furthermore, they will be able to apply on their own basic statistical techniques in operating environments, having developed the necessary analytical skills. Notably, the student will gain a good command of the research method and the techniques currently used, as well as the related practical and operational skills on data measurement, detection and processing, improving its capacity for operational analysis of social and economic variables. Finally, the student is supposed to be able in applying his knowledge into a real-life work environment, to fulfil tasks in many application areas.