Undergraduate Course: Statistical Modelling for Social Scientists (SSPS10023)
Course Outline
School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | School (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This course is designed to introduce students to a range of more advanced statistical modelling techniques that might be appropriate to the research questions they will consider in their dissertation work |
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students are expected to be familiar with the following techniques:
¿ Multinomial and ordinal regression
¿ Count data
¿ Event history techniques
¿ Log linear modelling
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Assessment Information
40% mid-term exam (comprised of multiple-choice questions). This will constitute a formative feedback event.
60% take home exam (students will conduct a series of analysis tasks and report them). |
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