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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC1041: Data Analysis in Social Science
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
1) Introduction to data analysis in the social sciences
2) Creating data: conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement
3) Describing data I: tables and figures
4) Describing data II: descriptive “statistics”
5) Correlation and dependence
6) Randomness and probability
7) Sampling and “sampling distributions”
8) Statistical inference: confidence intervals
9) Hypothesis testing: introduction
10) Testing the difference between two means
11) Using quantitative methods in politics, sociology and criminology: illustration and examples
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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26.5 | 123.5 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour sessions |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 10 | 10 x 1 hour computer lab sessions |
Guided independent study | 50 | Writing up homework and lab assignments (including time spent familiarizing yourself with software packages and routines required to solve homework/lab problems) |
Guided independent study | 45.5 | Reading and preparing for lectures and tutorials |
Guided independent study | 28 | Web-based activities preparing for lectures and tutorials |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Additional resources available on ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/