COURSE DETAIL
This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by permission of the instructor. The course deals with topics concerning the methodology of socio-political empirical research and addresses statistical data analysis techniques. Students who have completed this course are able to: a) examine the pros and cons of the main data collection designs; b) explore quantitative data and interpret empirical results; c) analyze quantitative datasets resorting to statistical software; and d) define a research problem, formulate research questions, collect data, test research hypotheses empirically, draw conclusions, and communicate research results. Particularly, the course explores the foundations and process of social science research and familiarizes students with basic techniques and principles of statistical reasoning. The course comprises a lecture introducing a topic/statistical tool, and a lab/seminar showing its practical application.