Universität Wien

230035 UE Data Analysis (2009S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Do 18:00 - 19:30, EDVS 2; AAKH, Campus

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Working with data collected by students themselves, the course offers a practically oriented introduction to important steps in the process of data analysis: necessary preparatory steps, simple statistical methods, and presentation of findings. Continuation of the course Data Collection (230106, winter term 2008/2009).

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students shall become acquainted with important steps to ensure data quality, get to know potential sources of error, and learn to independently apply simple statistical methods

Examination topics

Individual assignments, independent working in small groups, presentation of intermediate and final findings, written report, annotated glossary

Reading list

Schnell, R./Hill, P.B./Esser, E.: Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. 6. Aufl., München/Wien 1999 ff.
Diekmann, A.: Empirische Sozialforschung. Grundlagen, Methoden, Anwendungen. 19. Aufl., Reinebk bei
Hamburg 2008.
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