Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Algemene informatie

Vakcode	S_DIS
Studiepunten	6 EC
Periode	P4
Vakniveau	100
Onderwijstaal	Engels
Faculteit	Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
Vakcoördinator	dr. M.F.J. van der Horst
Examinator	dr. M.F.J. van der Horst
Docenten	prof. dr. P.W.C. Koning dr. M.F.J. van der Horst dr. J.C. Muis dr. M. Garnier Villarreal
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Praktische informatie

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Onderwijsvorm	Practicum*, Deeltentamen schriftelijk, Hoorcollege

*Voor deze onderwijsvorm kun je geen groep kiezen, je wordt hiervoor ingedeeld.

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Doel vak

Goal:
This course aims to teach necessary basics of descriptive and
inferential statistics to 1st year undergraduate students of various
social science programs of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS).

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding - The student has acquired knowledge and
understanding of:
(1) elementary methods and techniques of descriptive and inferential
statistics.

Application - The student has acquired the competences to:
(2) use the appropriate descriptive statistics given the available data;
(3) apply several elaboration models;
(4) use statistical techniques to test the difference between two groups
(i.c. t-test);
(5) use statistical techniques to test the association between variables
(i.c. correlation coefficient and regression analysis);
(6) Apply the mentioned tests in SPSS or R using available data;
(7) create a table with relevant statistical information and how to
‘read’ such tables.

Inhoud vak

This course provides an introduction to the statistical methods of
social science research. Students develop skills to describe collected
quantitative data (descriptive statistics) and to test hypotheses about
variation between and within groups for statistical generalizability
(inferential statistics). Topics covered in this course include:
univariate and bivariate statistics (central tendency, dispersion,
association, and correlation), preparation and 'reading' of tables of
relationships between variables, sampling distributions, hypothesis
testing and calculation of confidence intervals, simple and multiple
regression, and reliability analysis.

Aanvullende informatie onderwijsvormen

Lectures and practical tutorials

Toetsvorm

Midterms and final exam.

Literatuur

To be announced (on Canvas)

Aanvullende informatie doelgroep

1st year bachelorstudents in Cultural Anthropology and Development
Sociology, Political Science (English track) and Communication Science
(English Track).

Afwijkende intekenprocedure

In this course, you cannot enroll for one of the study groups yourself,
but you will be assigned by the course coordinator. The allocation will
be announced via Canvas. Please note: You do have to register for the
course and the other course components on VU.nl.