6 ECTS credits
166 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1020439AER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een inleidend bachelor niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Sociologie
Onderwijsteam
Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
36 contacturen Hoorcollege
27 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
103 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen
Inhoud

Descriptive and inferential statistics form a basic approach for doing social research. A statistical approach to social sciences research, however, enhances more than a mere application of statistics to gather and process data. The core of the course constitutes of the basic reasoning that underlies a statistical enquiry in the domain of the social sciences; the levels of measurement; the forms of data that can be processed; the definition of data; the calculation of measures of centrality, dispersion, shape and bivariate association; statistical inference; validity tests; and the interpretation of research results achieved through statistical applications.

Studiemateriaal
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Digital course material, Canvas
Handboek (Vereist) : Statistics for the Social Sciences, Exercises and Solutions, Verhaeghe, P.P., 2nd edition, Brussels: Academic and Scientific Publishers, 9789461173744, 2022
Bijkomende info

Not applicable.

 

 

Leerresultaten

General competences

The aim of this course is to introduce statistical concepts and techniques in the areas of descriptive as well as inferential statistics. By the end of this course students should be able to explain in their own words inferential- and descriptive-statistical concepts; to calculate measures of centrality, shape, dispersion and bivariate association; to apply probability rules; to elaborate upon the characteristics of theoretical and sampling distributions; and to explain and apply the principles of descriptive and inferential statistics.

  • LO8: knows how to set up a scientific and methodologically correct research design.
  • LO9: possesses the methodological knowledge and skills of data selection and data processing that prevail within the domains of the social sciences.
  • LO10: masters the techniques of good and accurate research reporting in oral and written form.
  • LO11: has an investigative, problem-oriented and critical attitude towards social, political and media-related phenomena and scientific research results with regard thereof.

 

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Exam met een wegingsfactor 100 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Formative evaluation:

Under the supervision of the teaching assistants, students are taught during seminars, exercises and computer assisted practicals to apply the statistical techniques to research questions.

Summative evaluation:

Written examination about the knowledge, application and interpretation of statistical techniques: written exam at the end of the semester (100%).

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Startplan (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)