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QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND DATA VISUALIZATION

Module code: SO648
Credits: 10
Semester: 1
Department: SOCIOLOGY
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	Overview
	Quantitative analysis is one of a wide menu of approaches to social science research. This module introduces you to the fundamentals of quantitative data analysis, with a particular emphasis on visualisation, interpretation, and critical appraisal. Working with real-world data, and with few assumptions of prior knowledge, it will equip students with a range of techniques to perform independent analyses, present your results intuitively, and ultimately design your own theoretically informed studies. The course will involve working with cross-sectional, longitudinal, and a mix of micro and macro-data, enabling study patterns of social change over space and time, whilst gently exposing students to the practice of multivariate data analysis.

Overview

Quantitative analysis is one of a wide menu of approaches to social science research. This module introduces you to the fundamentals of quantitative data analysis, with a particular emphasis on visualisation, interpretation, and critical appraisal. Working with real-world data, and with few assumptions of prior knowledge, it will equip students with a range of techniques to perform independent analyses, present your results intuitively, and ultimately design your own theoretically informed studies. The course will involve working with cross-sectional, longitudinal, and a mix of micro and macro-data, enabling study patterns of social change over space and time, whilst gently exposing students to the practice of multivariate data analysis.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Conceptualise and understand different approaches to measurement of quantitative data Know and understand different options for data visualisation and presentation Generate, analyze and critique quantitative research Work with logics of statistical modelling Operationalise regression-based approaches

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Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? No No resit available

	Timetable
	This timetable is not currently available, please contact the Sociology Department.