STATISTICS FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY

Academic year

2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years

Official course title

STATISTICA SOCIALE PER LE POLITICHE SOCIALI E SANITARIE

Course code

FM0365 (AF:275328 AR:167186)

Modality

On campus classes

ECTS credits

6

Degree level

Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

Educational sector code

SECS-S/05

Period

3rd Term

Course year

2

Moodle

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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals

Aim of the course is that of developing competences about data colelction, analysis and interpretation with specific application to the field of health and social policies and services

Expected learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will be able to autonomously manage a simple social research, from data collection to their elaboration, interpretation and communication of results

Pre-requirements

no previous course is required, if not a knowledge of the world of social services and a minimum of motivation towards the contents of the teaching

Contents

The course will start by discussing the role of information in public decision-making.
After examining the possible sources for data, we will identify pathways characteristic of social research, focusing in particular on the construction of tools for data collection and their use. We will offer also some relevant information for data analysis, their interpretation and reporting.

Referral texts

L. Bernardi (a cura di) Percorsi di Ricerca Sociale, Carocci, Roma, 2005.
P. Newbold, William L. Carlson, B. Thorne, Statistica, Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2007.

Assessment methods

Attending students will discuss a practical research group work. For the others there will be an oral interview starting from the topics presented in the text and (optionally) of a practical research experience agreed with the teacher.

Teaching methods

The teaching will be "from examples": we will try to start from case studies to present social theories and approaches. Students who wish to attend will be invited to participate actively in the lessons, experiencing the different methods and techniques proposed.

Teaching language

Italian

Type of exam

oral

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Definitive programme.

Last update of the programme: 26/08/2019