2013/2014 BA-2QNM Quantitative Methods I
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Quantitative Methods I |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 10 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Bachelor |
Duration | One Semester |
Course period | Spring |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Business Administration and
Sociology
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Last updated on 12-12-2013 |
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Learning Objectives
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to use different quantitative methods and analytical strategies within organisational sociology and business administration. Specifically, the student should be able to:
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The courses 2IOS, 2PS, 2IRM, and 2QNM have one integrated exam. The exam is 30 ECTS. You can only participate in 2QNM if you also register for the other courses: 2IOS, 2PS, and 2IRM. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course content and structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Content
The aim of the course is to give the student (1) a theoretical and practical introduction to quantitative methods in the social sciences, and (2) an understanding of the relevance of these methods in relation to the other 2nd semester courses. The course focuses on the implications of different research designs, possibilities and limitations of quantitative methods as well as assessments of their validity. |
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teaching Methods
The course consists of 12 2-hour lectures followed by 12 2-hour exercise sessions. In the first weeks of the course, the lectures will focus on introducing the logic of statistical analysis and some basic principles and concepts. In the exercise sessions the students will familiarize themselves with SPSS and the pre-given data set. In the rest of the course, the students will be introduced to various types of analysis in the lectures, which they will then be able to practice immediately afterwards in the exercise sessions. The exercises will as far as possible be constructed around the common data set which will supply the students with the empirical material for the 1st year project. In this way, the students will be working on the project from the beginning of the semester, familiarizing themselves with the data set and getting an overview over potentially interesting problems. |
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Course Materials
You are expected to buy the following books: Alan Agresti & Barbara Finlay: Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. Prentice Hall 2009 David de Vaus: Surveys in Social Research. Routledge 2001. (also used in IRM) The other prescribed readings are collected in a compendium. All available through Academic Books. Materials for the exercise sessions will be made available on CBSLearn in due course. |
Last updated on
12-12-2013