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| STAT0162-1 | Statistical analysis of qualitative and quantitative data in social sciences
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Philippe Lambert |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course consists of about ten theoretical lectures related to the analysis of qualitative data in social sciences. Most of the treated data are extracted from surveys. The studied statistical techniques are logistic regression, log-linear models and their extensions to deal with ordinal variables. These tools will mainly be used to analyse contingency tables : the goal will be to put the focus on relevant associations between the involved concepts and to understand their meaning. Examples of increasing difficulty will be proposed. Practicals will be organised to enable students to apply these techniques with the SAS software. A project requiring the analysis of some aspects of the themes tackled by a national or an international survey (with a publicly available database) will extend and complete the training. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To understand and to apply the basic statistical tools required by the analysis of qualitative data from surveys in social sciences ; to learn how to communicate the results of such analyses. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| It is assumed that students have
-- Pre-requisite: a basic training in probability theory and in statistical inference (SOCI1241-1) ; are familiar with the use of Excel and Statistica (INFO0818-1) ;
-- Co-requisite: and in the use of the SAS software (STAT0806-1). |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practicals aim at performing the statistical analyses studied during the theoretical lectures with the SAS software. Other examples will also be proposed to consolidate the understanding of the studied techniques. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is organized during the 2nd semester. The written report associated to the project required by the oral exam (see below) must be finished by the end of the 2nd semester. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The slides used during the course will be made available with the associated list of references. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The assessement is made during an oral exam. The starting point will be a written report describing the analyses undertaken by the student with the SAS software to get insight in some of the themes tackled by a national or an international survey (with a publicly available database). The report is expected by the end of the 2nd semester. The different techniques studied during the course should be used and so illustrated. A student won't be allowed to take the exam if he/she did not transmit the above mentioned written report at the prescribed time and in the required format. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Attending the theoretical lectures is compulsory: it is a necessary condition to access the practicals. |
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Contacts :
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| Philippe LAMBERT, Institut des sciences humaines et sociales, Bât B31, local R.54, tél: 04/366.59.90, email: p.lambert@ulg.ac.be |
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| Items online : |
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| Slides |
| The projected slides are made available through the URL |
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